Angelucci v. Sands

The injured plaintiff, an electrician employed by the third-party defendant, was injured when he received an electric shock and fell from a ladder while upgrading the electrical service at the home of the defendants third-party plaintiffs (hereinafter the defendants) in Tarrytown. The plaintiffs sought recovery, inter alia, pursuant to Labor Law §§ 200 and 240 (1), contending that one of the defendants sufficiently directed and controlled the injured plaintiff’s work so that the defendants were not entitled to the protection of the one- or two-family homeowner exemption of Labor Law § 240…