Plaintiff Jaime Arce's testimony that he fell from an unsteady ladder adequately made out a prima facie case of liability against defendants pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1) and in so doing shifted the burden to defendants to submit evidence sufficient to raise a question of fact warranting trial of the liability issue (Klein v City of New York,
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