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INVESTIGATING A MALFUNCTION CONSTITUTES COVERED REPAIR UNDER LABOR LAW 240(1).

The Fourth Department, over a two-justice dissent, determined plaintiff was covered by Labor Law 240(1) when he was diagnosing a problem on a cell tower, which constituted “repair” under the statute. The Fourth Department further concluded the defendants raised a question of fact about whether plaintiff had been provided with sufficient safety equipment (the dissent argued defendants had not raised a question of fact on that issue):

Here, plaintiff testified that he never performed preventive maintenance on the towers, and that he and his coworkers were dispatched to a tower only when something was in need of repair … . Indeed, plaintiff's submissions establish that an item on the tower was malfunctioning prior to commencement of the work, and that plaintiff was injured after climbing approximately 180 feet to conduct an investigation into the cause of the alarm and to remedy the malfunction … . Where, as here, ” a person is investigating a malfunction, . . . efforts in furtherance of that investigation are protected activities under Labor Law § 240 (1)' ” … . Cullen v AT&T, Inc., 2016 NY Slip Op 04503, 4th Dept 6-10-16

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