LEWIS v. 96 WYTHE ACQUISITION LLC

Index No. 23716/15E. Appeal No. 15638. Case No. 2021-02500.

204 A.D.3d 470 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 27

2022 NY Slip Op 02363

William Lewis, Respondent, v. 96 Wythe Acquisition LLC et al., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants-Respondents, and All Island Masonry & Concrete, Inc., Defendant/Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.

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

Decided April 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardin Kundla McKeon & Poletto PA, New York ( Stephen J. Donahue , of counsel) for appellants-respondents.

Correia, Conway & Stiefeld, White Plains ( Michael G. Conway , of counsel) for respondent-appellant.

Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C., Garden City ( Jeffrey Bloomfield , of counsel) for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Gesmer, Singh, Rodriguez, JJ.


The motion court should have denied plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment as to liability under Labor Law § 240(1). Plaintiff testified at his deposition that an unsecured metal beam on a barella cart fell and struck him after a coworker moved the cart. All Island's project manager, however, testified that, in conversation after the accident, plaintiff had admitted to him that the metal beam slipped out of his hand. These two versions of how the accident happened...

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