DEGENNARO v. LONG ISLAND RAILROAD


258 A.D.2d 496 (1999)

685 N.Y.S.2d 266

VINCENT DEGENNARO et al., Appellants, v. LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, Respondent.

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

Decided February 8, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The injured plaintiff's employer was hired by the defendant to clear away the brush on its property that hung over certain train tracks and impeded smooth train travel along the tracks. A tree branch fell on the injured plaintiff's head while he was clearing away other cut branches.

The plaintiffs' causes of action under Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence...

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