Plaintiffs met their initial burden on their motion for summary judgment by producing evidence that the defective wood planking of the scaffold had collapsed. In opposition, defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the injured plaintiff's conduct was the sole proximate cause of the accident (see Blake v Neighborhood Hous. Servs. of N.Y. City,
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