TAVAREZ v. SEA-CARGOES, INC.


278 A.D.2d 94 (2000)

718 N.Y.S.2d 28

LEONIDA TAVAREZ, Respondent, v. SEA-CARGOES, INC., Appellant.

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

Decided December 14, 2000.


Plaintiff, an employee of defendant's commercial tenant, was injured while assisting two other employees in removing an old air conditioning unit compressor from the roof of the building. The plan was to lower the compressor from the roof by a rope. In helping to lift the compressor off the parapet wall, plaintiff lost his grip and it slipped, severing his little finger.

In denying defendant's cross motion for summary judgment...

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