TORO v. PLAZA CONSTRUCTION CORP.

4485, 101189/08.

82 A.D.3d 505 (2011)

919 N.Y.S.2d 146

ORLANDO TORO, Respondent, v. PLAZA CONSTRUCTION CORP., et al., Appellants. PLAZA CONSTRUCTION CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. RITE-WAY INTERNAL REMOVAL, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

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

Decided March 10, 2011.


Plaintiff, a truck driver employed by third-party defendant Rite-Way Internal Removal, Inc. (Rite Way), suffered injuries to his face and right eye when, while performing construction debris removal at a building under renovation, a piece of debris shattered as it was being compacted in the garbage truck and struck him in the face.

Dismissal of the Labor Law § 241 (6) claim was warranted since defendants and Rite Way established that plaintiff was not a worker...

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