Case Name: Corrado Picano et al., Respondents, v. Rockefeller Center North, Inc., et al., Appellants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-12-03
Citations: 68 A.D.3d 425
Docket Number: 
Parties: Corrado Picano et al., Respondents, v Rockefeller Center North, Inc., et al., Appellants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 425–425

Head Matter:
Corrado Picano et al., Respondents, v Rockefeller Center North, Inc., et al., Appellants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
[889 NYS2d 579]

Opinion:
Given no dispute that no one was holding the ladder from which plaintiff fell when it suddenly shifted or wobbled, and that no safety devices were provided to prevent the ladder from slipping or plaintiff from falling if it did, it does not avail defendants to assert that the ladder itself was not defective (see Hernandez v Bethel United Methodist Church of N.Y., 49 AD3d 251, 252-253 [2008]; Rieger v 303 E. 37 Owners Corp., 49 AD3d 347 [2008]), or that plaintiff himself was negligent in attempting to descend the ladder with both hands full of materials and tools (see Aponte v City of New York, 55 AD3d 485 [2008]). We have considered defendants' other arguments and find them to be unavailing. Concur — Gonzalez, EJ., Tom, Andrias, Nardelli and Richter, JJ.