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ROCCO BELLANTONI, ET AL., RESPONDENTS, v. I.C.E. CONSTRUCTION CORP., ET AL., APPELLANTS.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the appeals by I.C.E. Construction Corp., Canterbury Construction Corp., and Waters Edge Pools are dismissed as withdrawn; and it is further,

ORDERED that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof which, upon searching the record, granted partial summary judgment to the plaintiffs on the issue of liability pursuant to Labor Law § 240(1) insofar as asserted against the defendant A. Battinelli Sons, Inc., and substituting therefor a provision that, upon searching the record, the cause of action under Labor Law § 240(1) is dismissed insofar as it is asserted against that defendant; as so modified, the order is affirmed insofar as reviewed, with costs payable by the plaintiffs to the defendant A. Battinelli Sons, Inc.

The injured plaintiff was constructing a limestone terrace at least 18 to 20 inches from the edge of a swimming pool, when he slipped on an unsteady limestone block and fell into the empty pool. The terrace on which the injured plaintiff was working was level. It was five to six feet wide along the sides of the pool, and 25 feet wide at both ends. Contrary to the conclusion of the Supreme Court, the accident was not the result of an elevation-related hazard (see, Cataudella v. Kings Bay Hous., 259 A.D.2d 652 [2d Dept., Mar. 22, 1999]; Masullo v. City of New York, 253 A.D.2d 541 ). Thus, the plaintiffs' cause of action asserting a violation of Labor Law § 240(1) must be dismissed against A. Battinelli Sons, Inc., the only appellant remaining on this appeal (see, Rocovich v. Consolidated Edison Co., 78 N.Y.2d 509, 514 ).

The remaining contentions of A. Battinelli Sons, Inc., are without merit or need not be addressed in light of the above determination.

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BELLANTONI v. I.C.E. CONSTRUCTION, CORP
(Apr 17, 2000)