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p. 1240James Oakes, Respondent, v Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation et al., Appellants.
— Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion denied and cross motion granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiff’s motion and denying defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s Labor Law § 240 (1) claim. Plaintiff was injured while he was helping to guide a 45-foot metal bar with a tag line that was wrapped around his hand. At that time, the tag line became wedged in a gap in the hand rail and tightened around plaintiff’s hand, causing severe injuries. Because plaintiff’s injury was not the result of a fall from a height or a falling object, his Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action must be dismissed (see, Shaffer v Niagara Mohawk
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Power Corp., 167 AD2d 824 , 825, appeal dismissed 77 NY2d 835 ; see also, Root v County of Onondaga, 174 AD2d 1014 ; Staples v Town of Amherst, 146 AD2d 292 ). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Jefferson County, Inglehart, J.— Summary Judgment.) Present — Callahan, A. P. J., Denman, Pine, Balio and Lawton, JJ.
Cases cited
- Shaffer v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 167 AD2d 824 at 825 p. 1241
- Root v. County of Onondaga 174 AD2d 1014 p. 1241
- Staples v. Town of Amherst 146 AD2d 292 p. 1241