Case Name: Joseph Felix, Appellant, v. Independence Savings Bank et al., Defendants, and 20 Bayard Views, LLC, et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-11-15
Citations: 89 A.D.3d 895
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Felix, Appellant, v Independence Savings Bank et al., Defendants, and 20 Bayard Views, LLC, et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 895–896

Head Matter:
Joseph Felix, Appellant, v Independence Savings Bank et al., Defendants, and 20 Bayard Views, LLC, et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)
[932 NYS2d 719]

Opinion:
The plaintiff allegedly was injured when he fell from a scaffold, which was on wheels, while performing pipefitting work. He established, prima facie, that the defendants were subject to liability under Labor Law § 240 (1) based on his deposition testimony that a wheel of the scaffold on which he was working slipped into a hole, causing him to fall (see Caballero v Benjamin Beechwood, LLC, 67 AD3d 849, 852 [2009]).
In opposition, the defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact (cf. Wiener v Rosmarin, 282 AD2d 449, 450 [2001]).
Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have granted the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability on the cause of action alleging violations of Labor Law § 240 (1). Angiolillo, J.E, Leventhal, Austin and Roman, JJ., concur.