Chiarello v. J&D Leasing Co.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered October 25, 2000, which, insofar as appealed from, denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on his cause of action under Labor Law § 240 (1) and granted defendants’ cross motions for summary judgment dismissing that cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a truck driver in the employ of a supplier of electrical materials, was injured while delivering a heavy copper reel to the subcontractor hired to do the electrical work on a construction project. According to plaintiff, he rolled the reel to the…