Legal Opinion
Covey v. Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 6, 1997PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the negative.
Plaintiff commenced this action pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1) to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained when he fell approximately 20 feet from a backhoe into a trench during the course of his employment with a contractor engaged by defendants to construct a pipeline. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was attempting to replace hydraulic fluid in the backhoe, which was adjacent to the pipeline trench. The Appellate Division…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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