GALLAGHER v. BECHTEL CORP.


245 A.D.2d 36 (1997)

664 N.Y.S.2d 781

Adrian Gallagher et al., Respondents, v. Bechtel Corporation, Also Known as Bechtel Park Towers and as BPT Properties, L. P., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs. Vergara Nastasi, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant

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

December 4, 1997


The conflicting affidavits do not permit, as a matter of law, on a motion for summary judgment, the finding, made by the motion court, that the scaffold from which plaintiff fell tipped because one of its wheels got caught in an unguarded hole in the floor across which the scaffold was being pushed. Nevertheless, it is clear that the injury resulted from an elevation-related risk. Plaintiffs were properly awarded summary judgment against the owner and general contractor under...

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