Legal Opinion
St. Louis v. Town of North Elba
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 18, 2010PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Meyer, J.), entered July 6, 2009 in Essex County, which denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Plaintiff was injured while assisting in the construction of a pipeline on property owned by defendant Town of North Elba. In the course of that work, á section of pipe was suspended a few feet above the ground in the jaws of the clamshell bucket of a front-end loader. When plaintiff hit the pipe with a hammer to remove excess welding material, the pipe dropped from the loader’s bucket, struck his legs and injured him.…
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- Smith v. Hovnanian Co., Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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