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PLAINTIFF ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LABOR LAW 240(1) CAUSE OF ACTION; PLAINTIFF FELL 13 OR 14 FEET FROM THE BACK OF A FLATBED TRUCK.

The First Department, over an extensive dissent, determined plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law 240(1) cause of action stemming from a fall of 13 to 14 feet from the back of a flatbed truck. Plaintiff was standing on top of steel beams, securing the beams with a cable (to be hoisted by crane off the truck), when he fell. The dissent argued plaintiff did not demonstrate he could have been provided with any kind of safety equipment which would have prevented the fall. Plaintiff was wearing a safety harness, but the harness was not tied off:

The motion court correctly determined that defendants, other than Metropolitan Steel, were liable under Labor Law § 240(1) for plaintiff’s injuries because they failed to provide plaintiff with an adequate safety device to prevent his fall from steel beams placed on a flatbed trailer. … [D]efendants’ contention that the accident is outside the scope of Labor Law § 240(1) is without merit, because plaintiff’s fall from a height of 13 or 14 feet above the ground “constitutes precisely the type of elevation-related risk envisioned by the statute” … . The fact that plaintiff did not ask for a specific safety device prior to the accident is not dispositive and is not a prerequisite for recovery under Labor Law § 240(1) … . Plaintiff has met his burden of showing that his fall resulted from the lack of a safety device and is, therefore, entitled to summary judgment on liability (see Phillip v 525 E. 80th St. Condominium, 93 AD3d 578, 579 [1st Dept 2012] [the plaintiff entitled to summary judgment where evidence showed that the plaintiff, who fell while unloading scaffolding material from the flatbed of a truck, was provided with a safety harness, but there was no place where the harness could be secured]). Myiow v City of New York, 2016 NY Slip Op 06461, 1st Dept 10-4-16

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