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PLAINTIFF’S DEPOSITION TESTIMONY INDICATED HIS FALL FROM AN A-FRAME LADDER WAS NOT CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE LADDER, PLAINTIFF LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE HOLDING A PIECE OF SHEETROCK, LABOR LAW 240 (1) CAUSE OF ACTION PROPERLY DISMISSED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the Labor Law 240 (1) cause of action against the homeowner (Recio) was properly dismissed. Plaintiff alleged he fell from the third rung of a six-foot A-frame ladder. Plaintiff’s deposition testimony demonstrated the ladder did not fail. Plaintiff simply lost his balance while holding a piece of sheetrock:

Recio demonstrated her prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the Labor Law § 240(1) cause of action by submitting, inter alia, the plaintiff’s deposition testimony, which showed that the ladder from which the plaintiff fell was not defective or inadequate and that the ladder did not otherwise fail to provide protection. The evidence showed that the plaintiff fell because he lost his balance … . Pacheco v Recio, 2019 NY Slip Op 00291, Second Dept 1-16-19

 

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