Johnson v. Outdoor Installations, LLC

While employed as a police officer by the New York City Police Department, plaintiff Robert Johnson was injured on property owned by Columbia. Months before a sidewalk shed and coordinate lights had been installed by Outdoor Installations, LLC, a scaffolding contractor, at the location where the complaint alleges that Johnson ran into a support pole during the lawful pursuit of a fleeing suspect.

Supreme Court properly denied Columbia’s motion. At the time of the accident, New York City Building Code (Administrative Code of City of NY, tit 28, ch 33) § BC 3307.6.5 (2) required that “[t]he…