Burris v. City of Beacon

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Hillery, J.), dated February 9, 1998, as denied his motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1).

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1) is granted.

The plaintiff allegedly suffered injuries in an accident which arose out of certain elevation-related…