Hammond v. International Paper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtYesawich Jr., J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ryan, J.), entered February 7, 1991 in Clinton County, upon a dismissal of the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case.
At issue is whether plaintiff made out a case under Labor Law § 241 (6) sufficient to withstand defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. Plaintiff, an ironworker whose employer was performing construction work at defendant’s paper mill, testified that on the day of his injury he entered the building, walked down a passageway past a paper-producing machine, an area he had frequently traversed before, and, after stepping over a…
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