Panek v. County of Albany

OPINION OF THE COURT

Spain, J.

On March 25, 1999, plaintiff Andrew W. Panek (hereinafter plaintiff), an airway facility system specialist, sustained injuries when he fell while standing on a stepladder while in the process of removing an air handler affixed to the ceiling of an old air traffic control tower located at the Albany County Airport in the Town of Colonie, Albany County. Plaintiff’s employer, the Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter FAA), leased the tower from defendant Albany County Airport Authority, owned by defendant County of Albany. The two-foot by four-foot air…