SORIANO v. ST. MARY'S INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ROCKLAND, INC.

12123, 106667/11.

118 A.D.3d 524 (2014)

988 N.Y.S.2d 58

2014 NY Slip Op 4419

FRANCISCO SORIANO, Appellant, v. ST. MARY's INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ROCKLAND, INC., Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided June 17, 2014.


Plaintiff is a glazier with approximately 43 years of experience (24 years in the United States and 19 years in the Dominican Republic). He and three coworkers were sent by his employer to replace cracked glass panels in the skylight of defendant church's steeple. To access the steeple, plaintiff and his coworkers placed a 12- or 14-foot extension ladder belonging to their employer on top of the roof of the church and leaned it up against the steeple. Plaintiff had used the...

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