ACOSTA v. KENT BENTLEY APARTMENTS, INC.


298 A.D.2d 124 (2002)

747 N.Y.S.2d 507

JOSE ACOSTA et al., Respondents, v. KENT BENTLEY APARTMENTS, INC., et al., Appellants.

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

Decided October 1, 2002.


Plaintiff, pursuant to direction, was attempting to gain access to a retractable fire escape ladder at the second-floor level of the building in whose pointing he was engaged, to use the ladder as a means of ascending to his assigned work station on the fire escape platform on the building's fifth-floor level, when the ladder descended, trapping his hand. Taking due cognizance of the manner in which the fire escape platforms and...

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