Corrado v. Allied Builders, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Andrew V. Siracuse, J.

Plaintiff has pleaded a case under Labor Law § 240 (1), the “Scaffold Law,” and defendant Allied Builders1 has sued Baker Mechanical Systems, a subcontractor under whose direction plaintiff was working, for common-law and contractual indemnification. Plaintiff, a pipe fitter, was a contract employee, working at the site pursuant to an arrangement between Pay Force, his direct employer, and Baker Mechanical Systems; at the time, it should be noted, this latter firm was known as Fairport Mechanical Corporation. He was standing on a stepladder, was not…