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p. 897Theodore W. Zacher et al., Respondents, v Niagara Frontier Services, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Charlestowne Floors, Inc., Appellant. Tops Markets, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v Butera Carpet & Tile, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. [621 NYS2d 1015]
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: We reject the
contention of defendant Charlestowne Floors, Inc., and third-party defendant, Butera Carpet & Tile, Inc. (defendants) that Supreme Court erred in denying their motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ Labor Law § 241 (6) cause of action. The requirement that "a plaintiff must allege violation of a specific safety regulation promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor” (Foster v Spevack, 198 AD2d 892 , 894; see, Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81 NY2d 494 , 505) was satisfied by the assertion in plaintiffs’ bill of particulars that defendants violated 12 NYCRR 23-9.2
p. 898
(а) (see, Bloomfield v General Elec. Co., 198 AD2d 655 ). That regulation, promulgated under Labor Law § 241 (6), imposes upon owners, contractors and their agents an affirmative duty of maintenance and inspection of power-operated equipment. (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Niagara County, Mintz, J.—Partial Summary Judgment.) Present—Green, J. P., Wesley, Callahan, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.
Cases cited
- Foster v. Spevack 198 AD2d 892 at 894 p. 897
- Ross v. Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Electric Co. 81 NY2d 494 at 505 p. 897
- Bloomfield v. General Electric Co. 198 AD2d 655 p. 898