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BECKFORD v. CITY OF NEW YORK

261 A.D.2d 158 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 98

HECTOR BECKFORD et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants, PARTNERS FOR HOUSING, Respondent, and BRENDER HECHT ASSOCIATES, INC., Sued Herein as BRENDA HECHT ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. F.G.R. INC., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

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

Decided May 6, 1999.

Labor Law § 240 (1), which is to be liberally construed (see, Lombardi v Stout, 80 N.Y.2d 290, 296), imposes absolute liability on owners, contractors and their agents for failing to furnish or erect necessary safety devices to protect workers from injuries proximately caused by such failure (see, Bland v Manocherian, 66 N.Y.2d 452, 459). The motion court, finding that the documentary...

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