Russo v. Hudson View Gardens, Inc.

*557In this action for personal injuries arising from plaintiffs use of an A-frame ladder, the Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence claims against Midboro are not viable. The record shows that Midboro, the managing agent of the subject premises, did not directly control the method or means of plaintiff’s work, or have actual or constructive notice of an unsafe condition (see e.g. Buckley v Columbia Grammar & Preparatory, 44 AD3d 263, 272 [2007], lv denied 10 NY3d 710 [2008] ). Although plaintiff attributed the injury-causing accident to the instability of the ladder he was using, he admitted…