Long v. Forest-Fehlhaber
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
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Casey, J.
The principal issue raised by the appeal is whether contributory negligence is a defense to a violation of subdivision 6 of section 241 of the Labor Law, as amended in 1969. The question arises in the following context.
On February 3, 1975, between 7:20 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. the plaintiff, a cement finisher employed by the third-party defendant, sustained personal injuries when he fell over an electrical conduit allegedly installed by the defendant, the contractor for temporary electrical service, at the South Mall project. The fall occurred in a passageway that had…
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