VELEZ v. TISHMAN FOLEY PARTNERS


245 A.D.2d 155 (1997)

666 N.Y.S.2d 591

Robert J. Velez, Plaintiff, v. Tishman Foley Partners et al., Respondents, and Universal Builders Supply, Inc., Appellant. (And Other Actions.)

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

December 18, 1997


The plaintiff, an ironworker in the employ of Diamond International, Inc. (Diamond), was injured when the cross-bracing of a hoist tower gave way beneath him as he attempted to climb down the hoist tower to the ground from steel beams on which he was working. TFP, the owner of the premises and the general contractor, had entered into a subcontract with Universal for the construction of, inter alia, hoist towers and scaffolding. TFP had also entered into a subcontract...

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