Case Name: Louis Fagiani, Appellant, v. Benderson Development Company, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-03-29
Citations: 270 A.D.2d 888
Docket Number: 
Parties: Louis Fagiani, Appellant, v Benderson Development Company, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 270
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
Louis Fagiani, Appellant, v Benderson Development Company, Inc., Respondent.
[705 NYS2d 919]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment under Labor Law § 240 (1). Plaintiff failed to meet his initial burden of establishing as a matter of law the manner in which the accident occurred (see, Abramo v Pepsi-Cola Buffalo Bottling Co., 224 AD2d 980, 981) and the proximate cause of his injuries (see, Weininger v Hagedorn & Co., 91 NY2d 958, 960, rearg denied 92 NY2d 875; Jackson v Solvay Free Union School Dist., 256 AD2d 1150). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Niagara County, Joslin, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Green, J. P., Pine, Scudder and Lawton, JJ.