Order unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
The Court of Claims properly granted claimants' motion for summary judgment on liability under Labor Law § 240 (1) and denied defendant's cross motion for summary judgment based upon the recalcitrant worker defense. Edward Van Alstyne, Jr. (claimant) was injured in a fall from an elevated girder at the site of a bridge rehabilitation project, and defendant asserted the recalcitrant worker defense based...
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