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LAFONTAINE v. ALBANY MGT.

257 A.D.2d 319 (1999)

691 N.Y.S.2d 640

CATHERINE LAFONTAINE et al., Appellants, v. ALBANY MANAGEMENT, INC., et al., Respondents.

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

June 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Harding, Glenville, for appellants.

Friedman, Hirschen, Miller, Coughlin & Campito, Schenectady (Michael C. Rizzo of counsel), for respondents.

CARDONA, P. J., MERCURE, CARPINELLO and GRAFFEO, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SPAIN, J.

Labor Law § 240 (1) imposes a nondelegable duty on owners and contractors and their agents to furnish, or cause to be furnished, suitable safety devices to give proper protection to workers engaged "in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or pointing of a building or structure" (Labor Law § 240 [1]) and, regardless of whether the owners or contractors...

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