Case Name: Louis A. Capparelli, Jr., et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. Zausmer Frisch Associates, Inc., et al., Respondents; Zausmer Frisch Construction Co., Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Burns Electric Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant; Council House Realty Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Burns Electric Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-12-31
Citations: 256 A.D.2d 1141
Docket Number: 
Parties: Louis A. Capparelli, Jr., et al., Appellants-Respondents, v Zausmer Frisch Associates, Inc., et al., Respondents. Zausmer Frisch Construction Co., Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v Burns Electric Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant. Council House Realty Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v Burns Electric Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 1141–1141

Head Matter:
Louis A. Capparelli, Jr., et al., Appellants-Respondents, v Zausmer Frisch Associates, Inc., et al., Respondents. Zausmer Frisch Construction Co., Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v Burns Electric Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant. Council House Realty Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v Burns Electric Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.
[682 NYS2d 751]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Because the alleged injury of plaintiff Louis A. Capparelli, Jr. was the result of his exposure "to the usual and ordinary dangers of a construction site, and not the extraordinary elevation risks envisioned by Labor Law § 240 (1)" (Rodriguez v Tietz Ctr. for Nursing Care, 84 NY2d 841, 843), dismissal of the Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action is warranted. Thus, we modify the order by granting the motion of third-party defendant for partial summary judgment and dismissing that cause of action. (Appeals from Order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Elliott, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Denman, P. J., Hayes, Balio, Boehm and Fallon, JJ.