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p. 888Louis Fagiani, Appellant, v Benderson Development Company, Inc., Respondent. [705 NYS2d 919]
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment under Labor Law § 240 (1). Plaintiff failed to meet his
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initial burden of establishing as a matter of law the manner in which the accident occurred (see, Abramo v Pepsi-Cola Buffalo Bottling Co., 224 AD2d 980 , 981) and the proximate cause of his injuries (see, Weininger v Hagedorn & Co., 91 NY2d 958 , 960, rearg denied 92 NY2d 875 ; Jackson v Solvay Free Union School Dist., 256 AD2d 1150 ). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Niagara County, Joslin, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Green, J. P., Pine, Scudder and Lawton, JJ.
Cases cited
- Abramo v. Pepsi-Cola Buffalo Bottling Co. 224 AD2d 980 at 981 p. 889
- Weininger v. Hagedorn & Co. 91 NY2d 958 at 960 p. 889
- Yannitelli v. D. Yannitelli & Sons Construction Corp. 92 NY2d 875 p. 889