Biondo v. World Comp Communications

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered July 9, 2002, which, in an action by a laborer for personal injuries sustained when he fell from a ladder, insofar as appealed from as limited *213by the briefs, granted plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment against defendant-appellant general contractor on the issue of its liability under Labor Law § 240 (1) and denied appellant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Appellant claims that it was hired to “retrograde” the…