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PLAINTIFF FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD WHICH DID NOT HAVE GUARDRAILS AND WAS ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON HIS LABOR LAW 240(1) CAUSE OF ACTION DESPITE DEFENDANTS’ ARGUMENTS THAT PLAINTIFF DID NOT LOCK THE WHEELS ON THE SCAFFOLD AND PLAINTIFF MAY HAVE FAINTED OR STEPPED BACKWARDS OFF THE SCAFFOLD (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law 240(1)cause of action. Plaintiff apparently fell from a scaffold which did not have guardrails. Defendants unsuccessfully argued plaintiff did not lock the wheels of the scaffold and therefore was the sole proximate cause of the accident:

… [D]efendants failed to raise an issue of fact as to whether plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of his accident. Given the scaffold’s inadequacy to protect him from falling, plaintiff’s alleged failure to lock the wheels of the scaffold could not be the sole proximate cause of his accident … . It would be at most comparative negligence, which is not a defense to a Labor Law § 240(1) claim … . Defendants’ argument, raised for the first time on appeal, that plaintiff was the sole proximate cause because he was not wearing a safety harness is also unavailing … , as is their suggestion that plaintiff may have fainted and/or stepped backwards off the scaffold … . Ordonez v One City Block, LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op 00529, First Dept 2-2-21

 

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