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SCHARFF v. SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT HOLBROOK

53 A.D.3d 538 (2008)

861 N.Y.S.2d 406

GREG J. SCHARFF, Appellant, v. SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT HOLBROOK et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided July 8, 2008.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Labor Law § 240 (1) affords special protection to workers who sustain personal injuries as a result of elevation-related risks such as falling from a height or being struck by a falling object that was improperly hoisted (see Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81 N.Y.2d 494, 500 [1993]). However, this section of the Labor Law does not "encompass...

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