WHITE v. LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.


32 A.D.2d 792 (1969)

John F. White et al., Respondents, v. Long Island Lighting Co., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendants. Champion Construction and Engineering Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant

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

June 9, 1969


In this action to recover damages for personal injuries and wrongful death, it is clear from the testimony and the language of the contracts between appellant Long Island Lighting Co. ("Lilco") and the several contractors engaged at the construction site where the accident occurred that the former was the owner and general contractor at the site and, as such, owed the employees of the latter, including plaintiffs, the nondelegable duty to provide a safe place to work (Labor...

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