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GASQUES v. STATE

No. 156.

15 N.Y.3d 869 (2010)

910 N.Y.S.2d 415

WANDERLEI GASQUES et al., Appellants, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breakstone Law Firm, P.C., Bellmore ( Jay L.T. Breakstone of counsel), and Herbert William Fischman, P.C. , New York City ( Herbert William Fischman of counsel), for appellants.

Cartafalsa, Slattery, Turpin & Lenoff, New York City ( Michael J. Lenoff and B. Jennifer Jaffee of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the affirmative.

Claimant Wanderlei Gasques was injured while repainting the inside of a leg of the Kosciuszko Bridge, using a "spider scaffold." His hand was injured when it became caught between the scaffold and the leg of the bridge, while the scaffold was ascending.

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