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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

David Ertl et al., Respondents, v Ciminelli-Cowper Co., Inc., et al., Appellants-Respondents, Ferguson Electric Construction Co., Inc., Respondent, and John W. Danforth Company, Respondent-Appellant. Ferguson Electric Construction Co., Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v Buffalo Wholesale Supply, Inc., Doing Business as Niagara Insulations, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. John W. Danforth Company, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant, v Niagara Insulations, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, and Buffalo Wholesale Supply Company, Inc., Doing Business as Niagara Insulations, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-Respondent. CiminelliCowper Co., Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants-Respondents, v Niagara Insulations, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, and Buffalo Wholesale Supply Company, Inc., Doing Business as Niagara Insulations, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.
    [732 NYS2d 206]
   —Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied those parts of the motion of defendants Ciminelli-Cowper Co., Inc. (Ciminelli-Cowper) and Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital (Hospital) and the cross motion of defendant John W. Danforth Company (Danforth) seeking summary judgment dismissing the common-law negligence and Labor Law § 200 claims against CiminelliCowper and Danforth. Those defendants failed to establish as a matter of law that they did not supervise, direct, or control the worksite and, in any event, plaintiffs raised a triable question of fact on that issue (see, Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81 NY2d 494, 506). Because plaintiffs alleged a violation of a regulation mandating compliance with concrete specifications, the court properly denied defendants’ motion and cross motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of the Labor Law § 241 (6) cause of action (see, Ross v Curtis-Palmer HydroElec. Co., supra, at 501-505). Finally, the court properly denied the motions of Ciminelli-Cowper and the Hospital and third-party defendant Buffalo Wholesale Supply Company, Inc., d/b/a Niagara Insulations, Inc., and the cross motion of Danforth seeking a conditional order of common-law indemnification. An issue of fact exists whether those parties are responsible for the accident (see, Rissel v Nomew Energy Supply, 281 AD2d 880, 881; Colyer v K Mart Corp., 273 AD2d 809, 809-810). We have considered the remaining contentions of the parties and conclude that they lack merit. (Appeals from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Fallon, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Pine, J. P., Hayes, Hurlbutt, Kehoe and Lawton, JJ.