Wensley v. Argonox Construction Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Mikoll, J. P.
In this case plaintiff was injured while working on a reroofing project as a member of a crew removing an old gypsum roof by sections. The roof had been constructed by placing a sheetrock deck over rafters upon which wire was laid and over which three to four inches of gypsum was poured. On the day of the accident plaintiff’s supervisor, Frank Kruczkowski, used a cutter to cut the roofing material into sections approximately 3 feet by 3 feet and weighing 175 to 300 pounds; Kruczkowski was unable to cut through the layer of wire mesh, so plaintiff had to use wire cutters to cut…
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