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Alfieri v. New York City Transit Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 18, 1993
190 A.D.2d 594 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

February 18, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bernard Burstein, J.).


Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered on January 31, 1992, denying plaintiff's post-trial motion to set aside the verdict and to direct a new trial, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, an employee of the third-party defendant Dynamic Paint Corporation/Marke Decorating Corp., a Joint Venture, commenced this personal injury action against defendant the New York City Transit Authority to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained due to violations of the Labor Law and common law negligence.

Since the evidence adduced at trial reveals that plaintiff was not engaged in any "construction, excavation or demolition work" at the time of the incident within the purview of Labor Law § 241 (6) (see, Whitaker v Norman, 146 A.D.2d 938, 938-939, affd 75 N.Y.2d 779), the trial court properly declined to instruct the jury on defendant's potential liability under those sections. Furthermore, the court properly declined to charge the jury with respect to Labor Law § 240 (1) as the hazards in the within case, the purported electrical shock and burns, are unrelated to the elevation of the subway platform roof on which plaintiff was walking (see, Rocovich v Consolidated Edison Co., 78 N.Y.2d 509; Tuohey v Gainsborough Studios, 183 A.D.2d 636, 637-638). Indeed, the jury specifically found plaintiff had not fallen from the roof.

Plaintiff's contention concerning the court's failure to charge the jury on defendant's purported negligence in failing to supervise the work site was not raised at trial, and therefore may not be considered now for appellate review as a matter of law (see, Robillard v Robbins, 78 N.Y.2d 1105; McCummings v New York City Tr. Auth., 177 A.D.2d 24, lv granted 183 A.D.2d 1111).

We have considered plaintiff's remaining contention pertaining to the adequacy of the court's charge and find it to be without merit.

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Carro, Kupferman, Asch and Kassal, JJ.


Summaries of

Alfieri v. New York City Transit Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 18, 1993
190 A.D.2d 594 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

Alfieri v. New York City Transit Authority

Case Details

Full title:LOUIS ALFIERI, JR., et al., Appellants, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Feb 18, 1993

Citations

190 A.D.2d 594 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
593 N.Y.S.2d 794

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