Coates v. Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gargüilo, J.), dated February 14, 2012, as granted that branch of the plaintiffs motion which was pursuant to CPLR 4401 for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff, an employee of the general contractor hired by the defendant to renovate a church building and parking lot, was sent to the work site to inspect a newly constructed…