Ross v. 1510 Associates LLC

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered May 7, 2012, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff testified that he was injured when the A-frame ladder he was standing on tipped over after it shifted because of the unevenness of the floor, and he fell. The accident involved an elevation-related risk, and plaintiffs injuries were proximately caused, at least in part, by defendants’ failure to provide him…