CUEVAS v. BARUTI CONSTRUCTION CORP.

306798/13. 6744. 83700/15. 6743.

164 A.D.3d 447 (2018)

81 N.Y.S.3d 397

2018 NY Slip Op 05905

Gidar Manuel Cuevas, Respondent, v. Baruti Construction Corp., Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided August 23, 2018.


Plaintiff satisfied his initial burden of showing that the accident was proximately caused by the absence of safety devices affording adequate protection against the elevation-related risk posed by the roof cutting machine Weighing between 200 and 500 pounds with wheels attached to its undercarriage. Plaintiff and four other workers were lifting the machine as they attempted to lower it from the roof of the building on which they were working to the ground about 10 feet below...

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