Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiff allegedly was injured at the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island when he fell from an elevated horizontal gas pipe on which he stood, while attempting to manually close a valve wheel at one of the landfill's "flare stations," where recovered gas from the landfill was burned. Several years prior to the plaintiff's accident, the flare station had been assembled by the defendant...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
- Updated daily.
- Uncompromising quality.
- Complete, Accurate, Current.