VASQUEZ v. RIDGE TOOL PATTERN COMPANY

Index No. 158040/15. Appeal No. 15792. Case Nos. 2021-02471, 2021-03122.

205 A.D.3d 657 (2022)

169 N.Y.S.3d 57

2022 NY Slip Op 03488

Teofanes Cruz Vasquez, Respondent, v. Ridge Tool Pattern Company, Also Known as Ridge Tool et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided May 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York ( Patrick J. Lawless of counsel), for appellants.

Ras Associates, PLLC, Purchase ( Paul E. Carney of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Gesmer, Shulman, JJ.


Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained on May 14, 2014, while working for nonparty Gael Hardwood Flooring Inc., during the renovation of a residential apartment at 180 Riverside Drive in Manhattan. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that he was injured while using a RIDGID brand Model R2401 hand-held router. Plaintiff asserts that at the time of the accident, he was using the router to cut a piece of wood flooring when he encountered a knot, which...

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