Legal Opinion

Rea v. Albert Elia Building Co.

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

Decided January 23, 1981PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order unanimously reversed, with costs, and motion granted. Memorandum: Plaintiff Philip John Rea is a welder employed by third-party defendant Furnco Construction Corporation, a subcontractor of defendant third-party plaintiff Albert Elia Building Company, Inc. On June 10, 1976 he and a co-worker were on a scaffold erecting metal framework inside a holding tank being constructed as a part of a sewage treatment plant for the Town of Tonawanda. Plaintiff alleges that while he was so engaged, one of the ropes by which the scaffold was suspended parted and he fell to the concrete floor of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Haimes v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. Pereira v. A. D. Herman Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  3. Long v. Murnane Associates, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
  4. Long v. Murnane Associates, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1979

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Zimmer v. Chemung County Performing Arts, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. DaBolt v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  3. Smith v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  4. Kenny v. George A. Fuller Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  5. Smith v. Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

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