MORRISON v. CITY OF NEW YORK


306 A.D.2d 86 (2003)

759 N.Y.S.2d 863

JAMES MORRISON, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Appellants. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided June 10, 2003.


Defendants' liability was established as a matter of law by the fact that the scaffold they provided plaintiff, which admittedly had no guard rails, safety nets or lifelines, did not prevent plaintiff from falling (see Laquidara v HRH Constr. Corp., 283 A.D.2d 169 [2001], citing, inter alia, Gordon v Eastern Ry. Supply, 82 N.Y.2d 555, 561-562 [1993]). It does not avail defendants to assert...

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