OLSEN v. STATE OF NEW YORK


296 A.D.2d 710 (2002)

745 N.Y.S.2d 253

CLIFFORD L. OLSEN et al., Respondents, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant. (Claim No. 101274.)

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

Decided July 11, 2002.


Mercure, J.P.

Claimant Clifford L. Olsen (hereinafter claimant) sustained the injuries forming the basis for this action in an August 27, 1998 accident that occurred while he was working at the Cook's Falls Bridge on State Route 17 in Sullivan County. At the time of the accident, claimant was standing on a bridge pedestal, drilling holes in the top of the pedestal using a hammer drill, with the drill bit situated between his feet. A scaffold had been erected approximately...

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