LaFontaine v. Albany Management, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Spain, J.
Labor Law § 240 (1) imposes a nondelegable duty on owners *320and contractors and their agents to furnish, or cause to be furnished, suitable safety devices to give proper protection to workers engaged “in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or pointing of a building or structure” (Labor Law § 240 [1]) and, regardless of whether the owners or contractors actually exercise supervision or control over the work, they may be held absolutely liable in damages for any breach of that duty which proximately caused injury to a worker so engaged…
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