Madtes v. Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Jane Goodman, J.), entered March 5, 2008, which granted plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a foreman steamfitter, was injured when he fell from a 10-foot ladder while working on the renovation of the Cadman Plaza Post Office in Brooklyn. In support of his motion for summary judgment, plaintiff presented evidence that he wanted to use a man lift to perform the pipe reinstallation but was precluded from doing so because he could not use the…