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Brown v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 1992
188 A.D.2d 1014 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

December 30, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Chautauqua County, Gerace, J.

Present — Callahan, J.P., Boomer, Green, Lawton and Boehm, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: While working in a boiler at the Niagara Mohawk Steam Station in Dunkirk, plaintiff Kevin Brown was injured when descending a ladder from the third to the second tier of scaffolding. The record shows that, as plaintiff swung his legs onto the second tier, the toe plate of the scaffolding came loose, he lost his balance and fell. Plaintiff saved himself from falling to the ground, a distance of 16 to 20 feet, by grabbing the ladder one or two rungs below, causing him to injure his back. Supreme Court properly held that Labor Law § 240 (1) applies (see, Aruck v Xerox Corp., 144 Misc.2d 367, 372, affd 166 A.D.2d 907; see also, Pietsch v Moog, Inc., 156 A.D.2d 1019).


Summaries of

Brown v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 1992
188 A.D.2d 1014 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

Brown v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Case Details

Full title:KEVIN BROWN et al., Respondents, v. NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION…

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

Date published: Dec 30, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 1014 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

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