Barnes v. Sanders

—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Plaintiff, a friend of defendant, volunteered to reconnect a cable to defendant’s house. When plaintiff first climbed an extension ladder in order to perform that task, defendant stood on the bottom rung of the ladder. After plaintiff returned to the ground and again climbed to the porch roof, defendant stopped holding the ladder and sat on the porch talking with a friend as plaintiff again descended, moved the ladder, and again climbed the ladder to the top of the porch roof. Plaintiff…