COLLADO v. CITY OF NEW YORK

2505, 403369/06, 2505A, 590874/06, 2505B.

72 A.D.3d 458 (2010)

900 N.Y.S.2d 10

AUSTRALIA COLLADO, as Administratrix of the Estate of KERVIN F. COLLADO, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Appellants-Respondents, and PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., Respondent-Appellant, et al., Defendant. PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KISKA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION-U.S.A., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

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

Decided April 6, 2010.


Plaintiff's decedent, a dock builder employed by Kiska, was standing on the fender system at the base of the Third Avenue Bridge handling an air hose used to supply power to pneumatic dock building tools when he lost his footing, fell backward into the river 10 feet below, and drowned.

Plaintiff demonstrated that the city defendants' failure to provide adequate safety devices against...

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