Legal Opinion
Ferluckaj v. Goldman Sachs & Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 2, 2009PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
Plaintiff fell off a desk on which she was standing while cleaning the inside of an office building window, in space leased to defendant Goldman Sachs & Co. We hold that, because uncontroverted evidence shows that Goldman did not hire plaintiffs employer to clean the window and that Goldman exercised no control over plaintiffs work, Goldman is not liable to plaintiff under Labor Law § 240 (1). Supreme Court and the Appellate Division erred in denying Goldman’s motion for summary judgment.
The building in question is at 32 Old Slip, in Manhattan. Goldman leased a…
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