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THE FACT THAT PLAINTIFF SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN A PERMANENT CONCRETE STAIRWAY DID NOT REMOVE THE INCIDENT FROM THE REACH OF LABOR LAW 240(1); PLAINTIFF’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law 240(1) cause of action. Plaintiff was ordered to carry a 200 pound mold up a concrete stairway. He slipped on concrete debris and fell down the stairs. The fact that the concrete stairway was a permanent structure (as opposed to a scaffold or ladder, for example) did not remove it from the reach of Labor Law 240(1):

Contrary to defendants’ contention, the fact that the staircase on which plaintiff fell was constructed as a permanent structure does not remove it from the reach of Labor Law § 240(1) .. . Because plaintiff’s foreman instructed him to work on an elevated work platform—namely, the stairway—defendants were required to provide plaintiff with an adequate safety device to carry the staircase mold up the stairs. Defendants failed to do so, and the absence of a safety device was a proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries. At the time of his fall, plaintiff was following his foreman’s instructions to manually carry the mold up the stairs, and thus, he was not the sole proximate cause of the accident … . DaSilva v Toll GC LLC, 2024 NY Slip Op 00862, First Dept 2-20-24

Practice Point: Labor Law 240(1) can apply to a fall from a permanent concrete stairway. The statute does not apply exclusively to temporary structures like scaffolds, for example.

 

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