Case Name: Bruce Nagel et al., Appellants, v. D & R Realty Corp., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-11-20
Citations: 288 A.D.2d 121
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bruce Nagel et al., Appellants, v D & R Realty Corp., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 288
Pages: 121–121

Head Matter:
Bruce Nagel et al., Appellants, v D & R Realty Corp., Respondent.
[733 NYS2d 389]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paula Omansky, J.), entered on or about September 8, 2000, which, in an action for personal injuries under Labor Law § 241 (6) by a laborer against a building owner, granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
We reject plaintiffs argument that the two-year safety test he was performing on the elevator in defendant's building when he was injured, is covered by Labor Law § 241 (6). Indeed, he acknowledges it was in the nature of routine preventive maintenance. Although the definition of what constitutes "construction work" under section 241 (6) includes "maintenance" (12 NYCRR 23-1.4 [b] [13]; see, Joblon v Solow, 91 NY2d 457, 466), we have held that it is only such maintenance as involves "significant structural work" (Molloy v 750 7th Ave. Assocs., 256 AD2d 61, 62, distinguishing Joblon v Solow, supra; cf., Jock v Fien, 80 NY2d 965, 967). Since plaintiff performed no work that significantly affected the structure of defendant's building or elevator, the action was properly dismissed. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Mazzarelli, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.