Hristoforidis v. Fisher

This is an action for personal injuries as a result of a fall from a ladder or scaffolding while the plaintiff was working on a three-family residence owned by the defendant Joan Fisher and in which the defendant Philip Fisher resided. The defendants are related by marriage.1 The defendant Joan Fisher has moved for summary judgment on the grounds that she neither hired the plaintiff to perform work on the property, did not know that Philip Fisher had hired him and did not have any prior knowledge of his being on the property to perform exterior repairs on the property, thereby excusing her…