Legal Opinion
Smith v. Hooker Chemical & Plastic Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1988PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Labor Law § 240 (1) imposes upon owners and contractors a nondelegable duty to provide adequate safety devices to afford proper protection to those working on a building or structure (Bland v Manocherian, 66 NY2d 452: Zimmer v Chemung County Performing Arts, 65 NY2d 513). The trial court, affirmed by the Appellate Division, did not err in its determinations that defendants violated Labor Law § 240 (1) in not providing adequate safety devices, and that the violation was a proximate cause of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Zimmer v. Chemung County Performing Arts, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Bland v. ManocherianNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Smith v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
3Cited by9 opinions
- Walsh v. Morse Diesel, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Klein v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- DiCocco v. Capital Area Community Health Plan, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Artessa v. City of UticaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Hartley v. ConcreteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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