STRAIGHT v. McCARTHY BROS. CO.


222 A.D.2d 775 (1995)

634 N.Y.S.2d 272

Richard E. Straight et al., Appellants, v. McCarthy Brothers Company, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Sweet Associates, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents. (Action No. 1.) Richard E. Straight et al., Appellants, v. Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Respondent. (Action No. 2.)

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

December 7, 1995


Crew III, J.

Plaintiff Richard E. Straight, a steamfitter/plumber, was injured at a construction site when he fell from a plank while entering the building where he was working and sustained injuries. The plank, which was approximately 10 feet long, ran from the doorway of the building to the ground and was used by masons to push wheelbarrows from the ground through the entranceway and into the building.

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