Plaintiff was injured when he fell to the ground from the top of a tractor-trailer, as he was attempting to manually roll out a tarp to cover trash in the trailer, as required by Tully. The trailer with the allegedly defective tarping mechanism was owned by Strength and leased to plaintiff's employer.
Plaintiff is entitled to the protection afforded by Labor Law § 200 for his work because that section codifies the common-law duty of an owner to provide workers...
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