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PLAINTIFF WAS WALKING UP AN EARTHEN RAMP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY AN EXCAVATOR AND ROLLED DOWN THE RAMP; THERE WAS NO “SIGNIFICANT ELEVATION DIFFERENTIAL” SUCH THAT LABOR LAW 24O (1) WOULD APPLY (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the circumstances of plaintiff’s injury did not fit the “elevation-related” element of a Labor Law 240(1) cause of action. Plaintiff was walking up an earthen ramp when he was struck by an excavator and rolled down the ramp:

Labor Law § 240(1) is inapplicable to this case because plaintiff’s injuries were not “the direct consequence of a failure to provide adequate protection against a risk from a physically significant elevation differential” … . Plaintiff was struck by an excavator; the fact that at the time he was bringing debris up an earthen ramp, or that he rolled down the ramp after being struck, does not give rise to a cause of action pursuant to Labor Law § 240(1) … . Herrera v Kent Ave. Prop. III LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 01738, First Dept 3-15-22

Practice Point: Plaintiff was walking up an earthen ramp when he was struck by an excavator and rolled down the ramp. There was no failure to provide equipment to protect against an elevation-related hazard such that Labor Law 240 (1) would apply.

 

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