TORRES v. LOVE LANE MEWS, LLC

5111. 308396/08. 83783/09.

156 A.D.3d 410 (2017)

67 N.Y.S.3d 139

2017 NY Slip Op 08467

HILARION TORRES, Appellant-Respondent, v. LOVE LANE MEWS, LLC, et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant. LOVE LANE MEWS, LLC, et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, et al., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. GALAXY GENERAL CONTRACTING CORP., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.

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

Decided December 5, 2017.


Plaintiff was allegedly struck by falling bricks while working near one of four connected buildings on a construction site. The motion court correctly denied both plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on his Labor Law § 240 (1) claim and defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing that claim, as there are issues of fact about whether the bricks fell accidently or were deliberately dropped by demolition workers. If the latter, then the bricks did not...

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