Dos Santos v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries and wrongful death, the claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Ruderman, J.), dated March 11, 2002, which denied his motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is granted.
The claimant’s decedent was employed by a company that contracted with the State of New York to paint highway overpasses. The decedent was standing on top of an elevated lift truck to paint the underside of an overpass when the truck toppled and…
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