SOPHA v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.


261 A.D.2d 911 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 813

THONG SOPHA, Respondent, v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., Appellant.

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

Decided May 7, 1999.


Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiff, an asbestos abatement worker, fell while climbing through a second story window to access exterior scaffolding that would enable him to descend to ground level. Plaintiff lost his balance when the inner layer of his asbestos removal work suit caught on the windowsill, and he fell approximately 4 to 5 feet to the scaffolding.

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