Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. MODERN HANDLING EQUIPMENT OF NJ, INC.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 20, 2009No. 07 cv 07349 (CM)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT STARLIFT EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
McMAHON, District Judge:
On June 7, 2005, plaintiff Newton Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”) was injured while operating a forklift. (Compl. ¶79.) At the time of the accident, Rodriguez was employed by American Specialties, Inc. (“American Specialties”) and was performing work at its place of business in Yonkers, New York. (Id. ¶ 72; Def. Rule 56.1 Stmt. ¶ 1.) Plaintiff contends that, although he engaged the forklift’s parking brake, when he got off the machine to fetch a tool, the forklift inexplicably…
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