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PLAINTIFF FELL FROM AN UNSECURED A-FRAME LADDER THAT SHIFTED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON HIS LABOR LAW 240 (1) CAUSE OF ACTION PROPERLY GRANTED.

The Second Department determined plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was properly granted in this Labor Law 240 (1) action based upon the allegation an unsecured A-frame ladder shifted for no apparent reason cause plaintiff to fall from it:

Labor Law § 240(1) imposes upon owners and general contractors, and their agents, a nondelegable duty to provide safety devices necessary to protect workers from risks inherent in elevated work sites… . “To prevail on a Labor Law § 240(1) cause of action, a plaintiff must establish that the statute was violated and that the violation was a proximate cause of his or her injuries” … .

Here, the plaintiffs made a prima facie showing of their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability on the cause of action alleging a violation of Labor Law § 240(1). According to [plaintiff’s] deposition testimony, he was standing on an unsecured A-frame ladder when the ladder shifted for no apparent reason, causing him to fall … . In opposition, [defendant] failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether Alvarez’s own actions were the sole proximate cause of the accident … . Alvarez v Vingsan L.P., 2017 NY Slip Op 04241, 2nd Dept 5-31-17

 

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