Legal Opinion
Munoz v. DJZ Realty, LLC
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 29, 2005PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action granted. The certified question should be answered in the negative.
Plaintiff was injured in a fall while applying a new advertisement to the face of a billboard that sat atop a building owned by defendant. Plaintiffs activities may have changed the outward appearance of the billboard, but did not change the billboard’s structure, and thus were more akin to cosmetic maintenance or decorative…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Joblon v. SolowNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
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