Legal Opinion
Candela v. New York City School Construction Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 31, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff Calogero Candela alleges that he was injured on August 6, 1999, when a 70-pound window sash crashed down on his back while he was leaning through the window to scrape hardened concrete residue from the outside window ledge. Plaintiff was employed by the subcontractor responsible for debris removal in connection with the construction of West Side High School in Manhattan. The project owner was defendant New York City School Construction Authority, and the general contractor was defendant Spacemaster Building Systems, LLC. Spacemaster fabricated the major structural components…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Fisk v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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