DIMING WU v. 34 17TH ST. PROJECT LLC

Index Nos. 152861/16, 595445/16. Appeal No. 14815. Case No. 2020-03334.

200 A.D.3d 508 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 85

2021 NY Slip Op 06934

Diming Wu et al., Respondents, v. 34 17th Street Project LLC et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided December 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fuchs Rosenzweig PLLC, New York ( Cheryl Fuchs of counsel), for appellants.

Dansker & Aspromonte Associates, New York ( Douglas Hoffer of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Moulton, González, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.


The injured plaintiff (plaintiff) was standing on an A-frame ladder, sealing a hole in the fourth floor ceiling of a building under renovation. As he was drilling in a screw to secure a metal piece into the ceiling, which was approximately nine feet high, he fell off the ladder and into an opening for a garbage chute down to the basement, where he fell onto rebar and was injured.

Plaintiff's testimony is sufficient to establish plaintiffs' entitlement to summary judgment...

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