In view of plaintiff's admission in his deposition testimony that for no particular reason he misused the A-frame ladder from which he fell despite specific, repeated and recent instructions from his employer respecting the ladder's proper and improper use, defendant's motion, based on the recalcitrant worker defense, for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's Labor Law § 240 (1) claim was properly granted (cf. Jamil v Concourse Enters.,
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