RICH v. COUNTY OF DUTCHESS


20 A.D.2d 504 (1964)

Marietta Rich, as Administratrix of The Estate of Oda Rich, Deceased, Respondent, v. County of Dutchess, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spitz & Levine (James R. Brown, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Speiser, Shumate, Geoghan & Law (William L. Shumate of counsel), for respondent.

CHRIST, HILL, RABIN and HOPKINS, JJ., concur.


KLEINFELD, Acting P. J.

The issue on this appeal is whether, under section 202 of the Labor Law, the owner of a building may be held responsible for an accident to a window cleaner, caused solely by a defective safety belt which had been furnished to the cleaner by his employer.

Plaintiff's decedent, a window washer employed by an independent contractor, fell from a fourth-floor window of the defendant...

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