METUS v. LADIES MILE INC.


51 A.D.3d 537 (2008)

858 N.Y.S.2d 142

FISNIK METUS, Respondent, v. LADIES MILE INC. et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants. PRESTIGE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-Respondent.

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

Decided May 20, 2008.


As plaintiff handed a sheet of corrugated tin up to a coworker standing on top of a scaffold under construction, a beam (known as a "junior beam") on which the tin sheet was to be placed became dislodged, fell from the scaffold, and struck plaintiff in the face. Although there was conflicting testimony on whether the beam at issue should have been secured, that question of fact is immaterial in the circumstances of this case. It is uncontroverted that at the time the scaffold...

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