Contrera v. Gesher Realty Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered on or about January 10, 2002, which denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of defendant property owner’s liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs causes of action under Labor Law §§ 200, 240 (1) and § 241 (6) and for common-law negligence, and dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Flaintiff, a welder, alleges that he was injured when, replacing a permanent outside wooden staircase at defendant’s residence with…