Ciancio v. Cirincione

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Minardo, J.), dated June 29, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict in favor of the defendants and against him, dismissed the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff, the defendants’ tenant, was injured when he fell from a ladder he had borrowed from them. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was standing on a step of the ladder which had a warning label indicating that the user should not stand there. However, the label had been…