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In Brown, as mentioned, the plaintiff was awarded summary judgment when his foot fell into a hole in the rebar, 12-18 inches deep, while he was walking across said rebar.
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03-31-2016
Donald BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs–Respondents, v. 44 STREET DEVELOPMENT, LLC, et al., Defendants–Appellants.
Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, New York (Jason L. Beckerman of counsel), for appellants. Rimland & Associates, P.C., New York (Robert Elan of counsel), respondents.
Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, New York (Jason L. Beckerman of counsel), for appellants.
Rimland & Associates, P.C., New York (Robert Elan of counsel), respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Anil C. Singh, J.), entered March 23, 2015, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs' claim pursuant to Labor Law § 240(1), and granted plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability on that claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff was injured when, while carrying wood planks, he fell through an opening in a latticework rebar deck to a plywood form that was 12 to 18 inches below. "There is no bright-line minimum height differential that determines whether an elevation hazard exists" (Auriemma v. Biltmore Theatre, LLC, 82 A.D.3d 1, 9, 917 N.Y.S.2d 130 [1st Dept.2011] ), and here, the record establishes that plaintiff's fall was the result of exposure to an elevation related hazard (see Arrasti v. HRH Constr. LLC, 60 A.D.3d 582, 876 N.Y.S.2d 373 [1st Dept.2009] ). We have considered defendants' remaining arguments and find them unavailing.
MAZZARELLI, J.P., RENWICK, MOSKOWITZ, KAPNICK, KAHN, JJ., concur.