Legal Opinion

Felix v. Independence Savings Bank

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 15, 2011Published

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiff allegedly was injured when he fell from a scaffold, which was on wheels, while performing pipefitting work. He established, prima facie, that the defendants were subject to liability under Labor Law § 240 (1) based on his deposition testimony that a wheel of the scaffold on which he was working slipped into a hole, causing him to fall (see Caballero v Benjamin Beechwood, LLC, 67 AD3d 849, 852 [2009]).

*896In opposition, the defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact (cf. Wiener v Rosmarin, 282 AD2d 449, 450 [2001]).

Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have granted the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Caballero v. BenJamin Beechwood, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. Wiener v. RosmarinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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