Case Name: Leonard Davis, Respondent, v. Selina Development Corp. of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-02-25
Citations: 302 A.D.2d 304
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leonard Davis, Respondent, v Selina Development Corp. of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 302
Pages: 304–305

Head Matter:
Leonard Davis, Respondent, v Selina Development Corp. of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
[754 NYS2d 872]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Giamboi, J.), entered on or about April 13, 2001, which, to the extent appealed from, granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment as to liability upon his Labor Law § 240 (1) claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, by adducing evidence that, while performing renovation work in the basement of a building owned by defendant Selina Development Corp. of New York, he fell from an unsecured ladder, set forth a prima facie case of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1) (see Yurkovich v Kvarner Woodworking, 289 AD2d 183), and since Selina has, in opposition to plaintiffs motion, "offered nothing more than mere speculation as to what might have occurred," the award of summary judgment in plaintiffs favor was appropriate (Wise v 141 McDonald Ave., 297 AD2d 515, 516-517). Selina's various arguments to the contrary are unavailing. Concur — Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Rosenberger and Gonzalez, JJ.