Mills v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kerrigan, J.), entered December 15, 2015, which granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability on the cause of action alleging a violation of Labor Law § 240 (1).

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff allegedly sustained injuries during the course of his employment when a ladder which he was using to descend from a scaffold shifted and fell, causing him to fall to the ground. The plaintiff thereafter commenced this…