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p. 70Demetrious Jackson, Appellant, v New York City Housing Authority, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.) Graham Architectural Products Corporation, Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v Visor Builders, Inc., Fourth-Party Defendant-Respondent. New York City Housing Authority, Fifth-Party Respondent, v Visor Builders, Inc., Fifth-Party Defendant-Respondent. [704 NYS2d 815]
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered on or about October 19, 1999, which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment
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on the issue of defendant’s liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion was properly denied. Plaintiffs supervisor’s affidavit raises issues of fact as to whether plaintiffs injury was caused by a fall not from a ladder but down some stairs, and even as to whether there was a ladder at the work site (cf., Klein v City of New York, 89 NY2d 833 , 835). Concur — Williams, J. P., Tom, Rubin and Andrias, JJ.
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- Klein v. City of New York 89 NY2d 833 at 835 p. 71