Case Name: Theodore W. Zacher et al., Respondents, v. Niagara Frontier Services, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Charlestowne Floors, Inc., Appellant; Tops Markets, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Butera Carpet & Tile, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-12-23
Citations: 210 A.D.2d 897
Docket Number: 
Parties: Theodore W. Zacher et al., Respondents, v Niagara Frontier Services, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Charlestowne Floors, Inc., Appellant. Tops Markets, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v Butera Carpet & Tile, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 210
Pages: 897–898

Head Matter:
Theodore W. Zacher et al., Respondents, v Niagara Frontier Services, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Charlestowne Floors, Inc., Appellant. Tops Markets, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v Butera Carpet & Tile, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[621 NYS2d 1015]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: We reject the
contention of defendant Charlestowne Floors, Inc., and third-party defendant, Butera Carpet & Tile, Inc. (defendants) that Supreme Court erred in denying their motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs' Labor Law § 241 (6) cause of action. The requirement that "a plaintiff must allege violation of a specific safety regulation promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor" (Foster v Spevack, 198 AD2d 892, 894; see, Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81 NY2d 494, 505) was satisfied by the assertion in plaintiffs' bill of particulars that defendants violated 12 NYCRR 23-9.2 (а) (see, Bloomfield v General Elec. Co., 198 AD2d 655). That regulation, promulgated under Labor Law § 241 (6), imposes upon owners, contractors and their agents an affirmative duty of maintenance and inspection of power-operated equipment. (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Niagara County, Mintz, J.—Partial Summary Judgment.) Present—Green, J. P., Wesley, Callahan, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.