Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2001

Russell v. Widewaters South Bay Road Associates, L. L. P.

Russell v. Widewaters South Bay Road Associates, L. L. P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 21, 2001
289 A.D.2d 1025; 735 N.Y.S.2d 900; 2001 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12633
Russell v. Widewaters South Bay Road Associates, L. L. P.

Opinion of the Court

Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted that part of third-party defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law § 240 (1) claim. Plaintiff Dean Russell, a subcontractor, tripped over an electrical cord while working on stilts and, in doing so, “did not encounter a hazard contemplated by the statute” (Melber v 6333 Main St., 91 NY2d 759, 761). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Nicholson, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Hayes, J. P., Scudder, Burns, Gorski and Lawton, JJ.

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