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A STACK OF SHEETROCK BOARDS WHICH WERE LEANING AGAINST A WALL FELL ON PLAINTIFF; THERE WERE QUESTIONS OF FACT ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS A GRAVITY-RELATED EVENT AND WHETHER THE ELEVATION DIFFERENTIAL WAS DE MINIMUS (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined there was a question of fact whether plaintiff could recover for injuries under Labor Law 240(1). A stack of 25 to 30 sheetrock boards which had been leaning against a wall fell on him. The court noted that the Labor Law 241(6) cause of action was properly dismissed because the incident happened in an apartment, not a “passageway:”

… [T]he record presents issues of fact as to whether plaintiff’s injuries flowed directly from the application of the force of gravity to the sheetrock, whether the elevation differential was de minimis, and whether the combined weight of the sheetrock panels could generate a significant amount of force as it fell … . Kuylen v KPP 107th St., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 01419, First Dept 3-8-22

​Practice Point: A stack of sheetrock boards which had been leaning against a wall fell on plaintiff. There were questions of fact re: whether the accident was covered by Labor Law 240(1) as a gravity-related event where the elevation differential was not de minimus.

 

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