Vernum v. Zilka
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtYesawich Jr., J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Williams, J.), entered October 4, 1996 in Saratoga County, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action.
After assisting defendant Timothy Zilka (hereinafter Zilka) with the removal of snow and ice from the roof of a building, which is part of a complex of rental buildings owned by defendants, plaintiff set out to retrieve a shovel and hammer that had been left on the roof. When the ladder he used for this purpose shifted or collapsed, plaintiff fell to the ground,…
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