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PLAINTIFF WAS PROPERLY AWARDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON HIS LABOR LAW 240 (1) CAUSE OF ACTION STEMMING FROM A FALL FROM A SIDEWALK BRIDGE PLAINTIFF WAS DISMANTLING; ALTHOUGH PLAINTIFF WAS SUPPLIED WITH A HARNESS, THERE WAS NO PLACE TO ATTACH THE SAFETY LINE (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined plaintiff was properly awarded summary judgment on his Labor Law 240 (1) cause of action based on his fall from a sidewalk bridge he was dismantling. Although plaintiff had a harness, there was no place to attach the safety line:

Plaintiff testified that he was wearing a harness but that the sidewalk bridge did not have a lifeline to which he could attach the safety line, which was seven to nine feet long. The task at hand involved his breaking down the structure’s components and carrying them to the end of the sidewalk bridge run, which covered nearly a city block. The expert stated that if plaintiff’s movement was limited to nine feet with his lanyard attached to the sidewalk bridge, he could still have performed his job “as described.” However, he failed to explain further or indicate where on the bridge a tie-off would have been either practicable or safe, given the maximum range of the harness line. Gomez v Trinity Ctr. LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op 03810, First Dept 6-15-21

 

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