DeRocha v. Old Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1). Plaintiff submitted proof in admissible form establishing both that the statute was violated and that the violation was the proximate cause of his injury (see, Bland v Manocherian, 66 NY2d 452; Howell v Rochester Inst. of Technology, 191 AD2d 1006; Allman v Ciminelli Constr. Co., 184 AD2d 1022). The fact that no one saw plaintiff fall from the scaffold does not warrant the denial of…
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