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DEFENDANT’S EXPERT’S AFFIDAVIT ITSELF RAISED QUESTIONS OF FACT AND WAS OTHERWISE DEFICIENT IN THIS LABOR LAW 240(1) LADDER FALL CASE; DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s Labor Law 240(1) cause of action should not have been dismissed. Plaintiff alleged he fell off a ladder while cleaning glass with an extension pole. The court noted that the defendant’s expert affidavit was deficient and itself raised questions of fact precluding summary judgment in favor of the defendant:

Summary dismissal of the Labor Law § 240(1) claim is precluded by issues of fact as to whether plaintiff was exposed to an elevation-related risk “attendant to his work [of washing windows] as it was intended to be performed” … . Plaintiff testified that he performed the work using an extension pole with a squeegee attached to one end, while both of his feet were on the rung one or two steps below the top of a 12-foot ladder. Plaintiff was unable to estimate the height of the glass except that it was more than 15 feet above the floor, but he stated that he could not have cleaned the glass while standing on the floor because he would not have been able to apply sufficient force to the glass. * * *

The [defendant’s] expert’s statements raised issues of fact as to his own credibility in opining that plaintiff could have cleaned all of the glass while standing on the floor and plaintiff’s description of the supplies he needed to use and did use in performing the work. Durasno v 680 Fifth Ave. Assoc., L.P., 2022 NY Slip Op 01413, First Dept 3-8-22

Practice Point: Here the defendant’s expert’s affidavit failed to address all of the allegations made by plaintiff in this Labor Law 240(1) ladder-fall case and raised issues as to the expert’s credibility. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment should not have been granted.

 

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