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RIGOPOULOS v. STATE OF N. Y.

159 Misc.2d 1109 (1994)

608 N.Y.S.2d 378

Dimitrios Rigopoulos et al., Individually and as Husband and Wife, Claimants, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 85887.)

Court of Claims.

January 14, 1994

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Oliver Koppell, Attorney-General (Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, of counsel, Albertson), for defendant. Michael Likoudis, Buffalo, for claimants.

LEONARD SILVERMAN, J.

On September 15, 1991 Dimitrios Rigopoulos (hereafter claimant) was employed for a contractor engaged in the painting of the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge. Claimant performed his work by standing on a barge floating in the Great South Bay and tied to a bridge pier. Claimant climbed onto the bridge from an unopened five-foot "A" frame aluminum stepladder. The base of the ladder was on the...

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