WASHINGTON v. CONTRACTING CO


90 Misc.2d 911 (1977)

Nathaniel Washington, Plaintiff, v. East 87th and 88th Street Contracting Company, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff. Julius Nasso Concrete Corporation, Third-Party Defendant.

Civil Court of City of New York, New York County.

July 6, 1977


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kuzmier, McKeon, Carrion & Siskind (Robert D. Corini of counsel), for plaintiff. Flynn & Gibbons (John Gibbons of counsel), for defendant. McLaughlin, Simone & Lawlor (John J. McGrath of counsel), for third-party plaintiff.


NANETTE DEMBITZ, J.

The issue on this motion to set aside as a matter of law the verdict of $75,000, is the effect of the 1969 amendment to section 241 of the Labor Law on the liability of general contractors for injuries to construction workers. Plaintiff claims injury from an accident in 1971 during his work for a subcontractor concrete company on the construction of a building. Precluded by the Workmen's Compensation Act from suing his employer, plaintiff...

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