Legal Opinion
Stolt v. General Foods Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 1993PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The judgment appealed from and the order of the Appellate Division brought up for review should be affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiff was injured when he fell from a ladder while working on a construction job at a plant owned by defendant General Foods Corp. The ladder, which was owned by the contractor C.P. Ward, Inc., had been broken about a week earlier, and plaintiff had been instructed not to climb it unless someone else was there to secure it for him. Nonetheless, *920plaintiff attempted to climb the ladder without assistance when his supervisor left the work area.
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Zimmer v. Chemung County Performing Arts, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Bland v. ManocherianNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Mack v. Altmans Stage Lighting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Heath v. Soloff Construction, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Smith v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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3Cited by134 opinions
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- Gordon v. Eastern Railway Supply, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Cahill v. TRIBOROUGHNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Raquet v. BraunNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Correia v. Professional Data Management, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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