Vassiliades v. Joseph P. Blitz, Inc.

While the parties have on this motion to set the verdict aside dwelt upon the court’s query as to its excessiveness, there are several problems relative to the applicability of section 241-a of the Labor Law which deserve added comment.

The plaintiff, a worker employed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Elevator Division, which was installing an elevator during the construction of a building, had fallen 18 floors down the elevator shaft when he was drawn into it by a cable he was then lowering therein. (See 22 Misc 2d 51, affd. 13 A D 2d 539.)

*6The defendants Joseph P. Elite, 3m, and…