Legal Opinion
Nieves v. Five Boro Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 13, 1999PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be reversed, with costs, and defendant Five Boro Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Corporation’s cross motion for summary judgment granted. The certified question should be answered in the negative.
According to plaintiffs’ submissions on their motion for summary judgment, the accident occurred when, while working on the installation of a sprinkler system at a Queens construction site, plaintiff Reding Nieves (hereinafter plaintiff) stepped from the bottom rung of a ladder onto a drop cloth…
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