Order insofar as appealed from unanimously reversed on the law without costs and motion granted.
Memorandum:
Plaintiff was injured when a wall he was demolishing collapsed, causing the scaffold upon which he was standing to fall. Supreme Court erred in denying plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on the Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action. The accident was "gravity-related" because plaintiff "[fell] from a height" (Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro...
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