Case Name: Donald McKenna, Appellant-Respondent, v. Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc., Respondent-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-06-08
Citations: 284 A.D.2d 901
Docket Number: 
Parties: Donald McKenna, Appellant-Respondent, v Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc., Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 284
Pages: 901–902

Head Matter:
Donald McKenna, Appellant-Respondent, v Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc., Respondent-Appellant.
[725 NYS2d 919]

Opinion:
—Order modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action to recover for injuries sustained in a fall at a construction site. Plaintiff sued the general contractor, alleging common-law negligence and the violation of various provisions of the Labor Law. Plaintiff moved for partial summary judgment on liability on the claim under Labor Law § 240 (1), and defendant cross-moved for summary judgment dismissing that claim. Plaintiff appeals and defendant cross- appeals from an order denying that motion and cross motion. We conclude that Supreme Court erred in denying defendant's cross motion, and we modify the order accordingly. Labor Law § 240 (1) does not apply where, as here, plaintiffs fall involved the "usual and ordinary dangers of a construction site, and not the extraordinary elevation risks" that section 240 (1) was designed to protect against (Rodriguez v Tietz Ctr. for Nursing Care, 84 NY2d 841, 843; see, Nieves v Five Boro Air Conditioning & Refrig. Corp., 93 NY2d 914, 915-916).
All concur except Green, J., who dissents in part and votes to affirm in the following Memorandum.