Plaintiff's testimony indicated that he was standing approximately 12 feet above the ground on an A-frame ladder placed at his supervisor's direction on the platform of an eight-foot-high scaffold, and that the scaffold and the ladder moved as he began removing an overhead sprinkler head. Since the scaffold-and-ladder arrangement did not prevent plaintiff from falling—"the core objective of Labor Law § 240 (1)" (Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co.,
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LOPEZ v. MELIDIS
31 A.D.3d 351 (2006)
820 N.Y.S.2d 210
DIEGO LOPEZ, Appellant, v. ATHENA MELIDIS et al., Respondents.
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July 27, 2006.
July 27, 2006.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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