SMITH v. YONKERS CONTRACTING CO., INC.


238 A.D.2d 501 (1997)

657 N.Y.S.2d 906

George P. Smith, Respondent, v. Yonkers Contracting Company, Inc., Appellant

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

April 21, 1997


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In order to prevail on a claim under Labor Law § 240 (1), the plaintiff must show that a violation of this statute was a proximate cause of the injury (see, Bland v Manocherian, 66 N.Y.2d 452; Keane v Sin Hang Lee, 188 A.D.2d 636). In the instant case, the plaintiff made a prima facie showing of a violation of Labor Law...

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