Harney v. Site 3 DSA Owner LLC
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Harney v Site 3 DSA Owner LLC 2024 NY Slip Op 30463(U) February 13, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 153979/2020 Judge: Mary V. Rosado Cases posted with a "30000" identifier, i.e., 2013 NY Slip Op 30001(U), are republished from various New York State and local government sources, including the New York State Unified Court System's eCourts Service. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication. INDEX NO. 153979/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 100 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 02/13/2024
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY PRESENT: HON.MARYV.ROSADO PART 33M Justice -------------· --- ... ~------------------~HT------------------. H -~-- ----------X INDEX NO. _153979/2020 JOHN HARNEY, CHRISTI NE HARNEY MOTION DATE 01/1 812023 Plaintiff, MOTION SEQ. NO. _..:...00..:....1_ __
SITE 3 DSA OVI/NER L LC, TRITON CONSTRU CTlON AND DECISION + ORDER ON DEVELOPMENT LLC, MOTION Defendant.
The fol1owfng e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 001) 18, 19, 20. 21, 22, 23,24, 25, 26, 27,28, 29, 30, 31, 32,41.44.45.46,47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,62, 63, 64, 65,66, 67, 68,69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87.88, 89, 90, 91 we re read on th is motion to/for JUDGMENT-SUMMARY ------ - ----- l; pon the fon.~going papers, and after oral argument \Vhich was held on August 22, 2023
with David L Engelsher, Esq. appearing for plaintiff~ John Hamey ("Mr. Hamey") and Christine
Hamey ("Mrs. IIarnc:y") (''Plaintiffs") and Mkhael flake~ Esq. appearing for defendants Site 3
lJSA Owner LLC (''DSA") Jnd Triton Construction and Development LLC C'Triton") (together,
··Defendants"), Pluintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment on the issue ofliabihty with
respect to their claims under T,ahor Law 200 and Labor Law 241 (6): is denied. Defendants:
cross-motion for summary judgment di1::missing Plaintjffs' Complaint is granted in part and
denied in patt.
I. Background and ProccduraJ Histon·
This case arises out Plaintiff John Harnc:f strip and foH at a construt::1ion site located at
202 Broome Street, Kev,..· York, I\. Y. (the "•Site") on Septemhcr 17, 2019 (the '· Accident")
(KYSCEF Doc" 22 at~ 17).
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On the date of the Accident, the Sil.e was owned by DSA (NYSCFF Doc. 23 at ~! 3 ). DSA
had contracted with Triton rm Triton to act as the Construction \ifunagcr of the Site (:-JYSCEF Doc. 19 at~ 6). Triton's Field General Superinl~n (a/k/a :'Kavesh") (/d. ) . Prior to the date of the Accident, Triton entered into a contract with Mr. Hamey's employer. Park Avenue Concrete} to perform construction work at the Site (NYSCEF Doc. 22 at •· 14). At the time of the Accident, Mr. Hamey was employed by Park Avenue Concrete as a hoist operator at the Site (NYSCF.f Doc. 5 5 at pp. 73-74 ). The Site had tw·o hoi:'its in operation. po-;i tioncu ~idc hy side, each tnstallcd and maintained by S&F Scaffold, LLC, a company hired by Triton (NYSCEF Doc. 19 at~ 7). On June 5, '.2020 Plaintiffs commenced this action aguirn,L Ddcndants Owner and Triton, aHcging violations of Labor Law Sections 200,241 (6) and 240(1) (NYSCEF Doc. 22). Mr. Barney alleges thaL on September 17, 2019, he tripped and fell while walking into a hoist at the Site because the Jov,,:er gate attached to the hoist \Vas not flush to the floor, creating a tripping hazard (NYSCEF Doc. 19 at ii 5). On January 18, 2023 Plaintiffs brought the instant motion for partial summary j udgmcnt on the issue of liabjlity against Defendants based on Defendants' alleged violations of Labor Law Section 200 and 241(6) (NYSCEF Doc. 18). On March 2, 2023 Ocfcndants filed a cross- motion for summary judgment to dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint in its entirety (NYSCEF Doc. 49) IL Discussion Summary judgment is a drastic remedy, Lu bt::! granted only \Vhcrc the moving pany has tmdcrcd sufficient evidence to demonstrate the absence or any material issues of fact.•: (Vega v 153979/2020 HAR~EY, JOHN ET AL vs. SITE 3 DSA OWNER LLC ET AL P.ige 2 □ f 11 Motion No. 001 2 of 11 [* 2] INDEX NO. 153979/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 100 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 02/13/2024 Resrani Const. Corp .. 18 NY3d 499,503 [2012]}. The moving party's "burden is a heavy one and on a motion for summary judgmenl.) facts must he viewed in the light most favorabk to the non- moving party.': (Jacobsen r },lew York City Heahh and Hasps. Corp.• 22 KY3d 824, 833 [20141). Once this showing is made, the burden shifts to the party opposing the motion to produce cvidcntiary proot: in admissible form. sufficient to establish the existence of mate1ial issues ofiacl w"hich require a lriaI (.vee e.g., Zuckerman v Ci!y n.f }Vew York, 49 ~Y2d 5 S71 562 I l 980t Pemberton v },lew York City Tr. Auth., 304 AD2d 340, 342 [l 5l Dept 2003 ]). Mere conclusion~ of lav.· or fact are insufli.cient to defeat a motion for swnrnary judgm~nt (see Bancu Popular .-Vor!h Am. v Victory 1tixi Mgt .. Inc., I NYJd 381 [2004"1}. B. Plaintiffs' )..fotion for Partial Summary Judgment on J.iability Based on Labor Law Section 200 is Denied The First Department has he]d that, '\,,,-her~ an ~xisting defect or caused the injury, liability attaches if the oWTier or general contractor created the condition or had actual or ~on:-;lructivc notice ot· il'" (Cappahianw v Slwmka USA Bldg Inc., 99 A1J3d l 39, 144 flst Dept 20121). Contrasting1y, in cases \vhcre the injury was ~•caused by the manner and rn~an~ of the \.vork, including the equipment used," it i~ wdl established lhat "the owner or general contractor is liable if it actually exercised supervisory control over the injury-producing work'' (!d. ). Further, '·where a defect JS not inherent but is creattd by th~ manner in which the \vork is performed. the clatm under Labor law 200 is one for means and methods and not one for a d angerOll s condition existing on the premises)• ( Villanueva v 1J4 Fiji h Ave. As soc. LL C, 16 2 AD 3 404, 406 [1st Dept 2018]). [The remainder of this page is tmenrionally le.fr blank] 153979[2020 HARNEY, JOHN ET AL vs, SITE 3 DSA OWNER LLC ET AL Page 3 of 11 Motion No. D01 3 of 11 [* 3] INDEX NO. 153979/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 100 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 02/13/2024 1. Material Questions of Fact Remain Regarding Whether ~1r. Harney' s Injury Stems from the Manner in which IIis Work \VflS Performed J.4lbor J.aw 200 codij1es an O\Vner or gtner4ll c:ontractor' s rnmmon-law Julie~ of care (Rom v 47 E J4lh St, (NY), LP.. 208 ALJJ d 1075, 1081 [1st Dept 2O22 l). "Claims for personal injury under the statute and the common lmv fall into lv,..-o broad caLtgories: tho~e arising from un alleged defect or dangerous condition cxistjng on the premises and those arising from the manner in which lhe work was perforn1ed" (Cappabianca at 143-144). Plaintiffs contend that Mr. Hamey's injuries were caused by a dangerous or defective condition in the hoist door~ namely, that the door created a tripping hazard because it was too big and was not CTush with Lhe floor (l\"YSCF.F Doc. 20 al p. 14). A. Summar,,' Judgment Standard
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