Chapman v. International Business Machines Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Spain, J.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether Labor Law § 240 (1) applies to an employee who while cleaning a commercial building, falls from a table, although no construction or renovation work is occurring. This precise issue of the scope of the protection afforded to workers injured while engaged in the “cleaning * * * of a building” (Labor Law § 240 [1]) — here, cleaning overhead light fixtures — has not been addressed by this Court, although it has been discussed by other courts.
Plaintiffs commenced this action for injuries sustained by plaintiff Russell L.…
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