Although it is sharply disputed factually, sufficient proof appears in the record that appellant church hired plaintiff to repair a building to permit a jury under proper instructions to find that plaintiff was an employee and therefore to consider and apply the rule set up by section 240 of the Labor Law, governing responsibilities of an employer to an employee. This section, among other things, requires that ropes shall be "furnished" or "caused to be furnished" by an employer...
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