Grove v. Cornell University

Spain, J.E

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mulvey, J.), entered September 28, 2009 in Tompkins County, which, among other things, denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment.

Defendant Cornell University hired defendant Skanska USA Building, Inc. as the general contractor to construct a building on its campus. Skanska subcontracted the window work to Clayton B. Obersheimer, Inc, which employed plaintiff as a glazier. Plaintiff and a coworker, William Sobel, were performing work installing rubber membranes and metal flashing on the second story windows of the building. To…