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PLAINTIFF STRUCK BY A PLANK WHICH FELL OFF A SCAFFOLD, SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFF’S LABOR LAW 240 (1) CAUSE OF ACTION PROPERLY GRANTED.

The First Department determined summary judgment on plaintiff’s Labor Law 240 (1) was properly granted. Plaintiff was struck by a plank which fell from a scaffold that was being dismantled:

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Whether or not the scaffold provided workers at the site with adequate protection for working at an elevation, the unsecured plank falling from the scaffold and striking plaintiff as the scaffold was being moved constituted a distinct elevation-related hazard requiring the securing of the plank for the purpose of moving the scaffold … . Gonzalez v City of New York, 2017 NY Slip Op 04555, 1st Dept 6-8-17

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