Plaintiff Trevor Williams was employed to repair cracks on the exterior of a 43-story building owned by defendants. To reach the areas that required repair Williams used a scaffold located on the roof of the building. The scaffold consisted of a "basket" that was lowered to provide workers with access to the sides of the building, and a counterweight and loading platform, both of which sat on the roof. To use the scaffold, the basket, which had railings along its sides and...
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