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ANTHONY PISCIOTTA, et al., appellants-respondents v. ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL, et al., defendants-respondents-appellants, LEON D. DEMATTEIS CONSTRUCTION CORP., defendant third-party plaintiff respondent-appellant; SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORP., third-party defendant-respondent.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof denying the respective cross motions of the defendants St. John's Hospital and Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn Queens, Inc., and Leon D. DeMatteis Construction Corp. which were for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, cross claims, and all counterclaims insofar as asserted against them and substituting therefor provisions granting those cross motions; as so modified, the order is affirmed insofar as appealed and cross-appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The Supreme Court should have granted the respective cross motions of the defendants, St. John's Hospital and Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn Queens, Inc. (hereinafter St. John's) and Leon D. DeMatteis Construction Corp. (hereinafter DeMatteis) to dismiss the complaint, cross claims, and counterclaims insofar as asserted against them.

The injured plaintiffs Anthony Pisciotta and Robert Lewandowski (hereinafter the injured plaintiffs), cannot recover under Labor Law § 240 Lab.(1) because their work did not involve an elevation-related hazard contemplated by the statute (see,Lindstedt v. 813 Assocs., 238 A.D.2d 386 ). Moreover, their injuries did not result from an inadequate scaffold, hoist, stay or ladder, or other protective device designed "to shield the injured worker from harm directly flowing from the application of the force of gravity to an object or person" (Ross v. Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co., 81 N.Y.2d 494, 501 ).

The injured plaintiffs' cause of action pursuant to Labor Law § 241-a Lab. also must be dismissed because the work they were performing did not involve construction or demolition of a building (see,Shields v. St. Marks Hous. Assocs., 230 A.D.2d 903 ), and their injuries did not result from a fall down the elevator shaft or falling debris (see, Nevins v. Essex Owners Corp., 259 A.D.2d 384 ).

Additionally, the injured plaintiffs' cause of action pursuant toLabor Law § 241 Lab.(6) must be dismissed because the only Industrial Code provision upon which they relied, i.e., 12 NYCRR 23-1.7(f), was not specifically pleaded and, in any event, is not applicable to the facts of this case because the injured plaintiffs were not hurt as the result of a fall from the elevator platform.

The injured plaintiffs' cause of action under Labor Law § 200 Lab. also must be dismissed because there is no evidence in the record that St. John's or DeMatteis exercised supervision and control over the work performed or that they had actual or constructive notice of a dangerous condition (see, Cappello v. Cardinal Dev. Corp., 213 A.D.2d 365 ).

In light of our determination, the parties' remaining contentions are academic.

RITTER, J.P., FRIEDMANN, FEUERSTEIN, and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.

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PISCIOTTA v. ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL
(Jan 18, 2000)