While working on a synagogue restoration project, the injured plaintiff stepped or fell into a hole in an alleyway running alongside the building's wall and above its basement. Plaintiff testified that he became "wedged" in the hole, with one leg in it and the other on the ground above. He said that, immediately before falling, he picked up a piece of unsecured plywood that (unbeknownst to him) had been covering the hole, which he described as having an opening of three feet...
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