CORTES v. MADISON SQ. GARDEN CO.

10921, 157421/13.

179 A.D.3d 620 (2020)

114 N.Y.S.3d 877

2020 NY Slip Op 00677

Eric Cortes, Appellant-Respondent, v. The Madison Square Garden Company, Also Known as Madison Square Garden, Inc., et al., Respondents-Appellants.

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

Decided January 30, 2020.


Plaintiff established prima facie entitlement to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law § 240(1) claim, through his testimony that he fell when a loose piece of masonite on which the ladder was placed "kicked out" from under him (see Klein v City of New York, 89 N.Y.2d 833 [1996]).

In opposition, defendants raised an issue of fact as to whether plaintiff's negligence was...

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