Galawanji v. 40 Sutton Place Condominium

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J., and a jury), entered March 19, 1998, in an action pursuant to Labor Law § 241 (6), insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, awarding plaintiff damages based upon a verdict awarding plaintiff, inter alia, damages of $600,000 for past pain and suffering and $300,000 for future pain and suffering, before apportionment and before setoff, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We hold that 12 NYCRR 23-1.8 (a), which requires provision of “[a]pproved eye protection equipment” to employees “while engaged in any other operation…