Plaintiff was injured when, while working as a pipe fitter at the premises being renovated, he received an electric shock and fell from the third or fourth rung of an unsecured A-frame ladder. There were no witnesses to the accident.
The evidence demonstrates that plaintiff was entitled to partial summary judgment on the issue of liability on his Labor Law § 240 (1) claim. The ladder provided to plaintiff was inadequate to prevent him from falling five to seven feet to the floor after being shocked, and was a proximate cause of his injuries ( see Williams v 520 Madison Partnership, 38 AD3d 464; Orellano v 29 E. 37th St. Realty Corp., 292 AD2d 289). That plaintiff had no recollection of falling to the floor does not alter this result ( see Felker v Corning Inc., 90 NY2d 219).
Since there are questions of fact concerning Plaza's authority to control the activity in question, summary judgment was properly denied with respect to the Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence causes of action ( Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81 NY2d 494, 505-506). Those same issues of fact preclude an award of contractual indemnification in favor of Plaza at this time ( see Pardo v Bialystoker Ctr. Bikur Cholim, Inc., 10 AD3d 298, 301).
Reargument granted and, upon reargument, the decision and order of this Court entered on January 6, 2009 ( 58 AD3d 410) recalled and vacated and a new decision and order substituted therefor. Leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals denied. Reargument denied.