Leika v. Shau

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered August 2, 1971 in Warren County, which denied the motion of third-party defendant to dismiss the third-party summons and complaint. The action was instituted to recover for personal injuries and damages allegedly sustained when plaintiff Pranas Leika, an employee of third-party defendant, fell on April 25, 1968 while performing work on defendants’ motel premises. The complaint states that said plaintiff, in order to disconnect certain electrical wires from a wooden pole on the premises, ascended a ladder placed against the…