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UNSECURED, DAMAGED LADDER WOBBLED AND PLAINTIFF FELL, PLAINTIFF’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION ON HIS LABOR LAW 240 (1) CAUSE OF ACTION PROPERLY GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on the Labor Law 240 (1) cause of action was properly granted. Plaintiff testified the ladder he was using was unsecured and damaged. The ladder wobbled causing plaintiff to fall

[Defendant’s] submission of an ambiguous affidavit from plaintiff’s supervisor was insufficient to rebut plaintiff’s prima facie showing. Notably, the supervisor did not address the fact that he was at the scene of the accident shortly after plaintiff fell, and provided only vague references to other available ladders, without addressing plaintiff’s testimony that other workers were using those ladders  … . Furthermore, [defendant’s] argument that questions of fact exist as to whether plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of his accident is unavailing given that [defendant] failed to make a showing that adequate safety devices were provided to plaintiff … . Pena v Jane H. Goldman Residuary Trust No. 1, 2018 NY Slip Op 01255, First Dept 2-22-18

LABOR LAW-CONSTRUCTION LAW (UNSECURED, DAMAGED LADDER WOBBLED AND PLAINTIFF FELL, PLAINTIFF’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION ON HIS LABOR LAW 240 (1) CAUSE OF ACTION PROPERLY GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))/LADDERS (LABOR LAW-CONSTRUCTION LAW, UNSECURED, DAMAGED LADDER WOBBLED AND PLAINTIFF FELL, PLAINTIFF’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION ON HIS LABOR LAW 240 (1) CAUSE OF ACTION PROPERLY GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))

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ACCEPTING THE ALLEGATIONS AS TRUE FOR PURPOSES OF A MOTION TO DISMISS, INSURANCE... LADDER MOVED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, PLAINTIFF ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT...