Plaintiff, an employee of a carpet contractor, allegedly sustained personal injuries when he fell from an unsecured "wobbly" ladder in the course of installing carpeting as soundproofing to the finished walls of a recording studio. Contrary to the determination of the IAS court, plaintiff's activities fall within the protection of Labor Law § 240 (1) since plaintiff was performing a significant alteration to the subject premises at the time of the incident (see Joblon...
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