Legal Opinion
Cardona v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 26, 2017No. 4500 304481/11PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann Brigantti, J.), entered March 25, 2016, which granted plaintiff partial summary judgment as to liability on his Labor Law § 240 (1) claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff made a prima facie showing that Labor Law § 240 (1) was violated, and that the violation was a proximate cause of his injury (see Barreto v Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 25 NY3d 426, 433 [2015]). He testified that onsite supervisors gave him a work assignment requiring him to work from the top of a sidewalk bridge, thereby exposing him to elevation-related risks…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Blake v. Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2003
- Cahill v. TRIBOROUGHNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Barreto v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 2015
- Rue v. StokesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Hill v. Acies Group, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
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