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RIOS v. WVF-PARAMOUNT 545 PROPERTY, LLP

36 A.D.3d 511 (2007)

828 N.Y.S.2d 368

FELIX RIOS, Respondent, v. WVF-PARAMOUNT 545 PROPERTY, LLP, Defendant, and 745 ASSOCIATES, LLC, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided January 23, 2007.

Plaintiff building engineer was in the process of repairing and replacing electrical wiring in the ceiling of the 12th floor, in order to restore lighting to the entire floor, at the time the ladder he was standing on collapsed. The work he was engaged in was more than simply changing a lightbulb, and constituted "repair[s]" within the meaning of Labor Law § 240 (1) (Piccione v 1165 Park Ave., 258 A.D.2d 357 [1999], lv dismissed...

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