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Webster v. Wetzel

262 A.D.2d 1038 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1999-06-18 English

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Donald J. Webster, Appellant, v Michael N. Wetzel, Doing Business as Mike Wetzel Remodeling, Respondent, et al., Defendants. Michael N. Wetzel, Doing Business as Mike Wetzel Remodeling, Third-Party Plaintiff, v John J. Lund, Doing Business as J. Lund Concrete & Trenching, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.
[691 NYS2d 848]

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs.' Memorandum: Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries he sustained when the rear gate of a dump truck gave way and released 10 tons of stone onto him. Supreme Court properly granted the motion of third-party defendant for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for partial summary judgment on liability under Labor Law § 240 (1) and § 241 (6). We reject plaintiffs contention that the accident involved an elevation-related hazard covered by Labor Law § 240 (1) (see, Tillman v Triou’s Custom Homes, 253 AD2d 254 ; Phelan v State of New York, 238 AD2d 882 , lv denied 90 NY2d 812 ; Flihan v Cornell Univ., 237 AD2d 921 ; cf., Orr v Christa Constr., 206 AD2d 881 ). We also reject plaintiffs contention that 12 NYCRR 23-1.5 (c) is specific enough to support the Labor Law § 241 (6) claim (see, Ozzimo v H.E.S., Inc., 249 AD2d 912 ; Dann v City of Syracuse, 231 AD2d 855 ; Williams v White Haven Mem. Park, 227 AD2d 923 ; contra, Gonzalez v United Parcel Serv., 249 AD2d 210 ; McCormack v Helmsley-Spear, Inc., 233 AD2d 203 ). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Cosgrove, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Denman, P. J., Pine, Wisner, Hurlbutt and Callahan, JJ.

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