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CONKLIN v. TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY

49 A.D.3d 320 (2008)

855 N.Y.S.2d 54

JAMES CONKLIN, Appellant-Respondent, v. TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY et al., Respondents-Appellants.

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

Decided March 11, 2008.

Plaintiff alleges that he was injured when he slipped on a "chicken ladder" or "makeshift ladder," consisting of two parallel wooden planks with two-by-fours nailed across them at regular intervals, which was placed on sloped ground to function as a ramp, and which provided the sole means of access to his employer's shanty. As a ramp, the "chicken ladder" presented a risk covered by Labor Law § 240, and the record demonstrates...

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