Figueroa v. Center Associates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered July 9, 1998, which denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgment as to liability on his Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action against defendant Center Associates, a New York partnership, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
There are issues of fact as to whether plaintiffs fall was the result of an extraordinary gravity-related risk within the protective ambit of Labor Law § 240 (1) (see, Gettys v Port Auth., 248 AD2d 226), or was the result of some other peril arising as an ordinary and usual incident of construction (see, Nieves…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nieves v. Five Boro Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Gettys v. Port AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Papapietro v. Rock-Time, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999