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CLAIMANT FELL OFF AN I-BEAM AND HIS LANYARD DID NOT PREVENT HIM FROM STRIKING THE DECK EIGHT TO TEN FEET BELOW; CLAIMANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON HIS LABOR LAW 240(1) CAUSE OF ACTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing the Court of Claims, determined claimant’s motion for summary judgment on his Labor Law 240(1) cause of action should have been granted. Claimant alleged he fell off an I-beam and his lanyard didn’t stop him from striking the deck eight to ten feet below:

The record establishes that the safety devices “proved inadequate to shield the injured worker from harm directly flowing from the application of the force of gravity” … . Specifically, the record shows that the safety cable was set up too low, resulting in claimant’s striking the deck before the lanyard could deploy … . Stigall v State of New York, 2020 NY Slip Op 07306, First Dept 12-3-20

 

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