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CEDRIC LAWRENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FOREST CITY RATNER COMPANIES, Defendant, and HERBERT CONSTRUCTION CORP., Defendant-Respondent Third-Party Plaintiff

Plaintiff's deposition testimony, which indicated that he fell 16 feet from the scaffold upon which he was working when it broke in two and he was thrown against a wall, was sufficient to demonstrate his entitlement to summary judgment on the issue of liability on his Labor Law 240(1) claim (Samuel v. General Cinema Theaters, 254 A.D.2d 85; Vanriel v. A. Weissman Real Estate, 262 A.D.2d 56, 691 N.Y.S.2d 446). To the extent that plaintiff may have failed to lock the wheels of the scaffold, it cannot be said that this was the sole proximate cause of his accident (Weininger v. Hagedorn Co., 91 N.Y.2d 958; cf., Vanriel v. A. Weissman Real Estate, supra).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

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LAWRENCE v. FOREST CITY RATNER COMPANIES
(Jan 27, 2000)