Plaintiff's deposition testimony that the ladder he was provided wobbled as he stepped on it to descend from a higher to a lower terrace, causing him to fall, entitles him to summary judgment on his Labor Law § 240 (1) claim absent evidence raising an issue of fact as to whether plaintiff's actions were the sole proximate cause of the accident (see, Wasilewski v Museum of Modern Art,
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