11 Cited authorities

Derdiarian v. Felix Contr Co.
51 N.Y.2d 308 (N.Y. 1980) Cited 1,882 times
Holding that the negligence of a driver did not negate a contractor's failure to safeguard an excavation site, and that "[b]ecause questions concerning what is foreseeable and what is normal may be the subject of varying inferences, as is the question of negligence itself, these issues generally are for the fact finder to resolve"
Gordon v. Eastern Ry. Supply
82 N.Y.2d 555 (N.Y. 1993) Cited 895 times
Holding that defendants were liable under Labor Law § 240 for plaintiffs fall and injury occasioned by an allegedly defective sandblaster where such injuries were the foreseeable result of the failure to provide plaintiff with a safe scaffold or ladder while sandblasted a railway car from a ladder
Zimmer v. Performing Arts
65 N.Y.2d 513 (N.Y. 1985) Cited 1,053 times
Holding that owners/contractors are liable under Labor Law section 240 where they failed to provide any safety devices for workers at a building site, and the absence of such devices is the proximate cause of injury to a worker"
Montgomery v. Federal Express Corporation
4 N.Y.3d 805 (N.Y. 2005) Cited 201 times 1 Legal Analyses
Granting defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's section 240 claim, where plaintiff's use of a bucket to ascend a rooftop, and a leap to descend, was not a "normal and logical response," as a ladder was available
Kush v. City of Buffalo
59 N.Y.2d 26 (N.Y. 1983) Cited 347 times
Affirming defendant school board's liability for plaintiff's injuries when plaintiff's presence on school grounds and intervening act of student employees was the reasonably foreseeable result of defendant's negligence
Backiel v. Citibank, N.A.
299 A.D.2d 504 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002) Cited 126 times
Holding that a property owner was liable for the plaintiff's injuries even though the accident was caused by an employee of the independent contractor that was hired to maintain the premises
Orellana v. American Airlines
300 A.D.2d 638 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002) Cited 9 times
In Orellana v. American Airlines, 300 AD2d 638 (2002), a plaintiff roofer was injured after he fell from the roof of an American Airlines building at La Guardia Airport.
Dittiger v. Isal Realty Corp.
290 N.Y. 492 (N.Y. 1943) Cited 62 times
In Dittiger v. Isal Realty Corp., 290 N.Y. 492, 49 N.E.2d 980, it appeared that Frank Dittiger was employed by a painting contractor to decorate a vacant apartment in defendant's building.
Caspersen v. La Sala Bros.
253 N.Y. 491 (N.Y. 1930) Cited 65 times
In Caspersen, the Court decided an owner's liability based on the following facts: The plaintiff was injured while installing an elevator on the ground floor; the elevator was next to a stairway shaft above the plaintiff and not visible to the plaintiff.
Garlichs v. Empire State Building Corp.
143 N.E.2d 790 (N.Y. 1957) Cited 2 times
Argued April 4, 1957 Decided May 23, 1957 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, L. BARRON HILL, J. Daniel Kirchman, Matthew Vener and Sidney R. Siben for appellant. Patrick E. Gibbons and Royce A. Wilson for respondent. Judgment affirmed, with costs, upon the memorandum opinion of the Appellate Division. Concur: DESMOND, DYE, FULD and VAN VOORHIS, JJ. FROESSEL, J., dissents in the following opinion in which CONWAY, Ch. J., and BURKE, J., concur:

George Newman, et al., Appellants,v.RCPI Landmark Properties, LLC, et al., Respondents.

11 Cited authorities

Holding that defendants were liable under Labor Law § 240 for plaintiffs fall and injury occasioned by an allegedly defective sandblaster where such injuries were the foreseeable result of the failure to provide plaintiff with a safe scaffold or ladder while sandblasted a railway car from a ladder

Holding that owners/contractors are liable under Labor Law section 240 where they failed to provide any safety devices for workers at a building site, and the absence of such devices is the proximate cause of injury to a worker"

Granting defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's section 240 claim, where plaintiff's use of a bucket to ascend a rooftop, and a leap to descend, was not a "normal and logical response," as a ladder was available

Affirming defendant school board's liability for plaintiff's injuries when plaintiff's presence on school grounds and intervening act of student employees was the reasonably foreseeable result of defendant's negligence

Holding that a property owner was liable for the plaintiff's injuries even though the accident was caused by an employee of the independent contractor that was hired to maintain the premises

In Orellana v. American Airlines, 300 AD2d 638 (2002), a plaintiff roofer was injured after he fell from the roof of an American Airlines building at La Guardia Airport.

In Dittiger v. Isal Realty Corp., 290 N.Y. 492, 49 N.E.2d 980, it appeared that Frank Dittiger was employed by a painting contractor to decorate a vacant apartment in defendant's building.

In Caspersen, the Court decided an owner's liability based on the following facts: The plaintiff was injured while installing an elevator on the ground floor; the elevator was next to a stairway shaft above the plaintiff and not visible to the plaintiff.