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THE COMPLAINT IN THIS LABOR LAW 200 ACTION ALLEGED INJURY CAUSED BY A DANGEROUS CONDITION AT THE WORK SITE; THE DEFENDANTS IGNORED THAT THEORY IN THEIR MOTION FOR A SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND FOCUSED ON AN INAPPLICABLE THEORY (THE MEANS AND MANNER OF WORK); THE MOTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this Labor Law 200 action should not have been granted. There are two distinct theories which will support a Labor Law 200 cause of action. If the injury stems from the means and manner of the work, the defendant must have supervisory authority over the way the work is done. If the injury stems from a dangerous condition, the defendant must have control over the work site and must have created or had notice of the dangerous condition. Here plaintiff alleged a door at the work site was not adequately secured and he was injured when wind blew the door shut. The door therefore was alleged to constitute a dangerous condition. In their motion papers, however, the defendants addressed only the means-and-manner-of-work theory:

… [T]he plaintiff’s complaint and verified bill of particulars sounded almost entirely in premises liability, and alleged, inter alia, that the door was not properly constructed, placed, or secured, and that it lacked adequate securing devices. To establish their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the defendants were obligated to address the proof applicable to the plaintiff’s dangerous condition theory of liability, or alternatively, to demonstrate, prima facie, that this case fell only within the ambit of the means and methods category of Labor Law § 200 cases … . On their motion, the defendants summarily concluded that the case exclusively implied a means and methods theory of liability, and contended that they only had general supervisory authority over the work site, which would be insufficient to impose liability for common-law negligence and under Labor Law § 200 in a means and methods case … . The defendants, however, failed to address premises liability and whether they either created the alleged dangerous condition or had actual or constructive notice of it … . Rodriguez v HY 38 Owner, LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op 01436, Second Dept 3-10-21

 

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