Hargobin v. K.A.F.C.I. Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wallach, J.
The Scaffold Act (Labor Law § 240 [1]), which is designed to enhance the safety of laborers whose work on construction sites calls for the use of such apparatus as “scaffolding, hoists, stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, braces, irons, [or] ropes,” was first introduced in this State more than a century ago as a criminal sanction against the negligent furnishing of insecure safety devices (L 1885, ch 314). The penal aspect of the statute was dropped before the turn of the century, in favor of imposing absolute civil liability (L 1897, ch 415, § 18)…
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