1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.D.3d
  4. 29 A.D.3d
  5. 29 A.D.3d 493 (2006)
 

PERALTA v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY

29 A.D.3d 493 (2006)

816 N.Y.S.2d 436

CANDIDA PERALTA, Respondent-Appellant, v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY et al., Appellants-Respondents.

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

May 30, 2006.

Defendant landowners' argument that plaintiff worker's injuries, including a lacerated thumb, were not proximately caused by a gravity-related force when her unsecured, 12-foot ladder moved, causing her to lose balance at a height of nine feet and to grab onto an overhead air-duct brace as she slipped down two rungs of the ladder, lacks merit (see e.g. Montalvo v J. Petrocelli Constr., Inc., 8 A.D.3d 173 [2004]; Lacey v Turner...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases