Opinion
Submitted March 1, 2000.
April 20, 2000.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Coppola, J.), entered June 21, 1999, which denied their motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240(1).
William Greenberg (Joseph A. Maria, P.C., White Plains, N Y [Gregg D. Minkin] of counsel), for appellants.
Mead, Hecht, Conklin and Gallagher, White Plains, N.Y. (Elizabeth M. Hecht and Sara Luca Salvi of counsel), for respondent Broadway Plaza.
DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, SONDRA MILLER, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs payable to the respondent Broadway Plaza.
It is well settled that where a scaffold from which a plaintiff falls does not "move, collapse, or otherwise fail to perform its function of supporting the plaintiff and [his or her] materials, the issue of whether the device provided proper protection within the meaning of Labor Law § 240(1) is a question of fact for the jury" (Romano v. Hotel Carlyle Owners Corp., 226 A.D.2d 441, 442 ; see, Nelson v. Ciba-Geigy, 268 A.D.2d 570 [2d Dept., Jan. 31, 2000];Eckhoff v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 214 A.D.2d 698 ;Barbuzano v. Rem Gen. Constr., Inc., 202 A.D.2d 462 ). Here, the court properly denied the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment, as questions of fact remain as to how the accident occurred (see, Nelson v. Ciba-Geigy, supra; Alava v. City of New York, 246 A.D.2d 614 ; Doo Won Choi v. B.H.N.V. Realty Corp., 240 A.D.2d 619 ;Xirakis v. 1115 Fifth Ave. Corp., 226 A.D.2d 452 ).