The court should have dismissed the negligence and Labor Law § 200 claims, as the electrical cord or wire on which plaintiff tripped was not attached or plugged into the wall "for a sufficient length of time prior to the happening of [the] accident to permit the defendant to discover and remedy it" (Lopez v Dagan,
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