Legal Opinion
Panepinto v. L.T.V. Steel Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 30, 1994PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Donald Panepinto (plaintiff) was injured when he stepped backward and fell into a hole at the site of the demolition of the Donner-Hanna Coke plant, a facility owned by defendants. When he fell, plaintiff, an employee of Best Wrecking Company, Inc., the contractor for the demolition project, was setting up gauges on acetylene tanks used to cut the steel on structures at the plant site. Supreme Court properly denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on the Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action.
Although plaintiff was engaged in…
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