Sterling Financial & Management, Inc. v. Gitenis

In this personal injury action, the plaintiff below, Mariusz Gitenis, was injured *792after he separated a two-part extension ladder owned by his employer. Using the part of the ladder that did not have traction feet, he gained access to a roof. On the way down the ladder, Gitenis fell after the ladder, which was neither secured to the building nor being held by another person, slipped. Although the plaintiff brought suit against the owner of a condominium conversion project, the general contractor, the independent contractor that hired him, and the property manager, this ease concerns just the…