Bard v. Jahnke

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Monserrate, J.), entered December 26, 2003 in Otsego County, which granted defendants’ cross motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

In September 2001, defendant Reinhardt Jahnke owned a dairy farm in Otsego County on which defendant John Timer, a self-employed carpenter, had been performing various jobs for some years. On September 26, 2001, plaintiff Larry Bard (hereinafter plaintiff), also a self-employed carpenter, agreed to do *897some subcontract work for Timer on the farm. While working inside the main dairy barn, plaintiff was…