Case Name: Dean Russell et al., Appellants, v. Widewaters South Bay Road Associates, L. L. P., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-12-21
Citations: 289 A.D.2d 1025
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dean Russell et al., Appellants, v Widewaters South Bay Road Associates, L. L. P., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 289
Pages: 1025–1025

Head Matter:
Dean Russell et al., Appellants, v Widewaters South Bay Road Associates, L. L. P., Respondent.
[735 NYS2d 900]

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted that part of third-party defendant's cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law § 240 (1) claim. Plaintiff Dean Russell, a subcontractor, tripped over an electrical cord while working on stilts and, in doing so, "did not encounter a hazard contemplated by the statute" (Melber v 6333 Main St., 91 NY2d 759, 761). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Nicholson, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Hayes, J. P., Scudder, Burns, Gorski and Lawton, JJ.