Case Title: Larry C. Holly and Sandra Holly v. County of Chatauqua and E.E. Austin & Son, Inc.

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State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

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This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before
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No. 61  SSM 58
Larry C. Holly and Sandra Holly,
            Respondents,
        v.
County of Chautauqua and E.E. 
Austin & Son, Inc.,
            Appellants.
Submitted by Ryan K. Cummings, for appellants.
Submitted by John A. Collins, for respondents. 
MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as
appealed from, should be reversed, with costs, and plaintiffs'
motion for partial summary judgment as to liability on their
Labor Law § 240 (1) claim denied.  The certified question should
be answered in the negative.
While we agree with the Appellate Division that there
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are no questions of fact regarding proximate cause, triable
issues of fact do exist as to whether the scaffolding defendants
supplied provided proper protection under Labor Law § 240 (1)
(see Blake v Neighborhood Hous. Servs. of N.Y. City, 1 NY3d 280,
288 [2003]; Davis v Brunswick, 52 AD3d 1231, 1232 [4th Dept
2008]).
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules,
order, insofar as appealed from, reversed, with costs,
plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment as to liability
on their Labor Law § 240(1) claim denied, and certified question
answered in the negative, in a memorandum.  Chief Judge Lippman
and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones
concur.
Decided January 19, 2010