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THE TENANT WHICH SUPPLIED THE ALLEGEDLY DEFECTIVE LADDER TO THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS LADDER-FALL CASE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THE LABOR LAW 200 AND COMMON LAW NEGLIGENCE CAUSES OF ACTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the tenant, Fresh Direct, which supplied the allegedly defective ladder to plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment on the Labor Law 200 and common law negligence causes of action. Plaintiff fell 20 feet when the ladder slipped:

Fresh Direct failed to establish, prima facie, that it did not have actual or constructive notice of the allegedly defective condition of the ladder that, according to the plaintiff, it provided at the time of the accident … . Hamm v Review Assoc., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 01011, Second Dept 2-16-22

 

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