Jordan v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtValente, J.
In this wrongful death action the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff administratrix against the City of New York.
The intestate, an employee of the respondent contractor engaged in constructing a power plant for the city, was killed when he fell into an unguarded turbine pit. The negligence of the city was its failure to comply with section 241 of the Labor Law specifically, to protect by a standard railing any opening into which a workman might fall.
Following the return of the verdict, the trial court dismissed as a matter of law the city’s third-party complaint seeking…
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