GARCIA v. 1122 E. 180TH ST. CORP.


250 A.D.2d 550 (1998)

675 N.Y.S.2d 2

Jairo Garcia, Appellant, v. 1122 East 180th Street Corp., Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff, et al., Third-Party Defendant

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

May 28, 1998


Plaintiff, a carpenter, was seriously injured on defendant's premises when a "baker" scaffold upon which he was working, in connection with a school construction project, toppled and he fell to the floor from a height of 15 to 20 feet. This type of scaffold, mounted on four hard-rubber wheels designed to lock securely, had a platform about eight feet long and three feet wide, and at the time of the accident it had been elevated to its maximum height of about 10 feet. Because...

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