Legal Opinion
Papapietro v. Rock-Time, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 7, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered on or about May 1, 1998, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff fell while stepping several feet down from the “crosshead” beam atop the roof of an elevator, to the top of a machine located on the elevator roof. Accepting, arguendo, plaintiffs argument that the crosshead functioned as a scaffold above the surface of the roof, this would not constitute the type of gravity-related accident…
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- Fulton v. Northland Associates, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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