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Prince v. Merit Oil of New York, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 28, 1997
238 A.D.2d 561 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

April 28, 1997


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, Kings County (Barasch, J.), dated March 15, 1996, as granted that branch of the defendant's motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action predicated upon Labor Law § 241 (6).

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, with costs, that branch of the defendant's motion which sought dismissal of the cause of action predicated upon Labor Law § 241 (6) is denied, and that cause of action is reinstated.

The plaintiff's citation to Industrial Code § 23-1.8 (c) (1) ( 12 NYCRR 23-1.8 [c] [1]) permits the cause of action predicated on Labor Law § 241 (6) to withstand the defendant's motion for summary judgment ( see, Dickson v. Fantis Foods, 235 A.D.2d 452; Donovan v. S L Concrete Constr. Corp., 234 A.D.2d 336). It cannot be said as a matter of law that this regulation was inapplicable to the facts of this case. Rather, the plaintiff's submissions raise a triable issue of fact regarding the proximate cause of the accident in question ( see, Derdiarian v. Felix Constr. Corp., 51 N.Y.2d 308; McCann v. City of New York, 205 A.D.2d 668; Capiello v. Telehouse Intl. Corp., 193 A.D.2d 478). Bracken, J.P., Copertino, Santucci and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Prince v. Merit Oil of New York, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 28, 1997
238 A.D.2d 561 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Prince v. Merit Oil of New York, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:ARRISON PRINCE, Appellant, v. MERIT OIL OF NEW YORK, INC., Respondent

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

Date published: Apr 28, 1997

Citations

238 A.D.2d 561 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
657 N.Y.S.2d 967

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