Ranieri v. Holt Construction Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Jane Goodman, J.), entered May 11, 2005, which granted plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment as to liability on the third cause and denied defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment dismissing that claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a sheet metal worker employed by a subcontractor, was injured when he fell from an unsecured ladder with no safety devices provided to protect him. This activity fell within the ambit of Labor Law § 240 (1), and the failure to supply plaintiff with a properly secured ladder or any safety…