Legal Opinion · Dissent
Sarigul v. New York Telephone Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 17, 2004Published
1DissentMazzarelli, J.
Plaintiff, an employee of Amplified Wiring Systems, was injured while attempting to connect a cable line to preexisting Cablevision hardware on a pole owned by defendant New York Telephone Company (NYTel). The pole was outside the home of a Cablevision customer in Amityville, New York.
Immediately preceding the accident, plaintiff had run a cable line out of the customer’s home which he intended to connect to the hardware. Plaintiff attached the two hooks on the top of his ladder to the NYTel transmission fine. Plaintiff also hooked his safety belt to the NYTel line.
While attempting to strip…
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