Forde v. Columbus McKinnon Corp.

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Markey Industrial Supply, Inc., appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golar, J.), dated October 13, 1999, as denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims insofar as asserted against it.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

On January 10, 1995, the plaintiff and a co-worker, employees of Consolidated Edison, were attempting to lower a piece of machinery onto a loading platform using a ceiling-mounted *447hoist. The hoist…