Webster v. Wetzel

262 A.D.2d 1038, 691 N.Y.S.2d 848

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: June 18, 1999
• Status: Published

Opinion

—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.