From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Owen v. Commercial Sites, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 4, 2001
284 A.D.2d 315 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Argued April 19, 2001.

June 4, 2001

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Glover, J.), dated June 5, 2000, as granted that branch of the cross motion of the defendant Commercial Sites, Inc., which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Melvin R. Simensky, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Arlene Zalayet, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert T. Baer of counsel), for respondent.

Feder, Goldstein, Tanenbaum, D'Errico Arnedos, LLP, Carle Place, N.Y., for second third-party defendant.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.


ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs payable to the respondent Commercial Sites, Inc. The plaintiff was injured during the course of a renovation project at a building owned by the defendant Commercial Sites, Inc. (hereinafter Commercial). There is no evidence that Commercial exercised supervision or control over the work performed, or that it had actual or constructive notice of any dangerous condition (see, Pisciotta v. St. John's Hosp., 268 A.D.2d 465; Cappello v. Cardinal Dev. Corp., 213 A.D.2d 365).

Accordingly, the Supreme Court correctly granted that branch of Commercial's cross motion which was to dismiss the common-law negligence claim and, to the extent that it was pleaded, any cause of action under Labor Law — 200, insofar as asserted against it. The Supreme Court also correctly concluded that the plaintiff's failure to identify a violation of any specific provision of the State Industrial Code precludes liability under Labor Law — 241(6) (see, Ross v. Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81 N.Y.2d 494; Bailey v. Irish Dev. Corp., 274 A.D.2d 917; Ciraolo v. Melville Ct. Assocs., 221 A.D.2d 582). Accordingly, the complaint was properly dismissed insofar as asserted against Commercial.

SANTUCCI, J.P., ALTMAN, FLORIO and ADAMS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Owen v. Commercial Sites, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 4, 2001
284 A.D.2d 315 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

Owen v. Commercial Sites, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:CHRISTOPHER OWEN, APPELLANT, v. COMMERCIAL SITES, INC., RESPONDENT, ET…

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

Date published: Jun 4, 2001

Citations

284 A.D.2d 315 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
725 N.Y.S.2d 574

Citing Cases

Ward v. Uniondale WG, LLC

To establish liability under Labor Law §241(6), the plaintiff must "specifically plead and prove the…

Villalba v. Robo-Breaking Co.

To mount a successful claim under the statute, a plaintiff must claim a concrete violation of New York's…