Edwards v. Stamford Healthcare Society, Inc.

—Mikoll, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), entered July 8, 1998 in Albany County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff.

*826While, working as a laborer on a construction project in July 1994, plaintiff, then 46 years old, fell through a hole in the floor of a building and landed on a concrete floor 16 feet below. His injuries included a facial abrasion and fractures of the pelvis, left femur, left ankle, left wrist and fractured and dislocated fingers on the left hand. He was hospitalized for 30 days immediately following the accident, during which time two…