Soto v. J. Crew Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, J.), entered September 26, 2011, which granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability on his Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action, affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, an employee of a commercial cleaning company that contracted with the J. Crew defendants to provide general daily maintenance services to their store, was injured when he fell off an A-frame ladder while dusting the top of a shelf. The dismissal of the Labor Law §…