ALMANZAR v. GOVAL REALTY CORP.


286 A.D.2d 278 (2001)

729 N.Y.S.2d 133

JUAN ALMANZAR, Respondent, v. GOVAL REALTY CORP., Appellant.

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

Decided August 23, 2001.


Plaintiff was hired to fix the retractable ladder which hung from a fire escape. His intent was to take the ladder (which was bent after having been hit by a truck) off the fire escape, and bring it to the ground to realign it. To do so, he climbed a stepladder next to the fire escape with tools in his hand. The parties provide conflicting accounts of the events immediately preceding the accident, but it is uncontested that plaintiff...

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