Basile v. ICF Kaiser Engineers Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint seeking damages for common-law negligence and violations of Labor Law §§ 200, 240 (1) and § 241 (6). Angelo Basile (plaintiff) slipped on a stack of pipes and fell onto the pipes. Thus, he did not fall from an elevated work site (see, Mitchell v County of Jefferson, 226 AD2d 1109; Cipolla v Flickinger Co., 172 AD2d 1064, 1065), and the accident did not involve an elevation-related risk encompassed by Labor Law § 240 (1) (see, Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81…
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