HAGINS v. STATE


81 N.Y.2d 921 (1993)

Nathaniel Hagins et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chamberlain, D'Amanda, Oppenheimer & Greenfield, Rochester (Thomas G. Collins of counsel), for appellant.

Moran & Kufta, P. C., Rochester (James J. Moran of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., BELLACOSA and SMITH concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The judgment appealed from and the order of the Appellate Division brought up for review should be affirmed, with costs.

Claimant was injured when he fell from the top of an unfinished abutment wall that rose some 15 feet above a road construction site. At the time of the accident, claimant was employed by a contractor that had been retained by the State to assist in the erection of a ramp. Claimant, who...

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