Legal Opinion

Winkelman v. Alcan Aluminum Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 31, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed with costs to plaintiff and new trial granted on Labor Law § 241 (6) claim only in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiff sustained severe burns over approximately one quarter of his body when the clothing he was wearing was ignited by sparks while he was welding steel from a lift approximately 60 feet above the ground at a construction site. Supreme Court granted the motion of defendants and third-party defendant, made at the close of plaintiffs proof, for judgment dismissing plaintiffs Labor Law §§ 200 and 241…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ross v. Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1993

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Piazza v. Frank L. Ciminelli Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. Brady v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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