Pironi v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Pironi v. City of New York

233 A.D.2d 187, 649 N.Y.S.2d 793, 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11693

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedNovember 14, 1996

StatusPublished

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Pironi v. City of New York, 233 A.D.2d 187, 649 N.Y.S.2d 793, 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11693 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1996).

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—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered July 18, 1995, which, insofar as appealed from, denied third-party defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Comparative negligence is not a defense against a Labor Law § 240 (1) claim (Kendall v Venture Dev., 206 AD2d 797, [188]*188799). The problem of "double counting”, the basis of third-party defendants’ argument for reversal, is not involved "where the absolute liability of * * * the contractor [third-party plaintiffs] * * * is based on [its] nondelegable duties under Labor Law § 240” (supra, at 799, n 3). Furthermore, while plaintiffs decedent was the secretary of the company, an employee for the firm, and may have even acted in a supervisory capacity, other employees were responsible for supervising the workplace and directing the manner in which the work was to be performed. The actions of these other employees constituted independent negligence that was distinct from the defense of culpable conduct, even had that defense been deemed a viable one (cf., Ruszkowski v Sears, Roebuck & Co., 188 AD2d 967, lv denied 82 NY2d 654).

We have reviewed the remaining claims of the third-party defendants and find them to be without merit. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Kupferman, Ross, Williams and Tom, JJ.

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—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered July 18, 1995, which, insofar as appealed from, denied third-party defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Comparative negligence is not a defense against a Labor Law § 240 (1) claim (Kendall v Venture Dev., 206 AD2d 797, [188]*188799). The problem of "double counting”, the basis of third-party defendants’ argument for reversal, is not involved "where the absolute liability of * * * the contractor [third-party plaintiffs] * * * is based on [its] nondelegable duties under Labor Law § 240” (supra, at 799, n 3). Furthermore, while plaintiffs decedent was the secretary of the company, an employee for the firm, and may have even acted in a supervisory capacity, other employees were responsible for supervising the workplace and directing the manner in which the work was to be performed. The actions of these other employees constituted independent negligence that was distinct from the defense of culpable conduct, even had that defense been deemed a viable one (cf., Ruszkowski v Sears, Roebuck & Co., 188 AD2d 967, lv denied 82 NY2d 654).

We have reviewed the remaining claims of the third-party defendants and find them to be without merit. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Kupferman, Ross, Williams and Tom, JJ.

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233 A.D.2d 187, 649 N.Y.S.2d 793, 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11693, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/pironi-v-city-of-new-york-nyappdiv-1996.

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