Legal Opinion
Pigott v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 16, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Margolis, J.), entered January 5, 1993, which denied claimant’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability.
Claimant, a former inmate of Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility in Saratoga County who was a volunteer participating in a community services program (7 NYCRR 1901.1 [b]), sustained personal injuries when he fell from a roof he was repairing in the Town of Lake Luzerne, Saratoga County. Thereafter, he brought this claim against the State predicated upon, inter alia, Labor Law § 240 (1). Following completion of discovery,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mordkofsky v. V.C.V. Development Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Whelen v. Warwick Valley Civic & Social ClubNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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