COLON v. LEHRER, McGOVERN & BOVIS, INC.


259 A.D.2d 417 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 130

ENRIQUE COLON, Respondent, v. LEHRER, McGOVERN & BOVIS, INC., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. P.R. ERECTORS, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, v. NORTHBERRY CONCRETE CORP., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant. LEHRER, McGOVERN & BOVIS, INC., Second Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. NORTHBERRY STRUCTURES, INC., et al., Second Third-Party Defendants-Respondents-Appellants.

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

Decided March 25, 1999.


Plaintiff, a lather, was climbing through a parallel set of three perimeter safety cables attached to I-beams at a construction site when, while straddling the middle cable in a bending position, he tripped and fell to the floor, suffering injury. Lehrer, McGovern & Bovis, Inc., the general contractor, had contracted with Owen Steel to supply material for the project at property owned by BPT Properties Foley Square. Owen subcontracted with P.R. Erectors to install the...

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