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*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1078
CA 11-00958
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, GREEN, AND GORSKI, JJ. EDWARD CUNNINGHAM, III, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
V ORDER LECHASE CONSTRUCTION, FREDERICO
WRECKING CO., INC., AND FRIENDS OF FINGER
LAKES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, INC.,
DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. --------------------------------------------
FREDERICO WRECKING CO., INC., THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
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CONTOUR ERECTION AND SIDING SYSTEMS, INC.,
THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
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LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC AND
FRIENDS OF FINGER LAKES PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER, INC., THIRD-PARTY
PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,
V
CONTOUR ERECTION AND SIDING SYSTEMS, INC.,
THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. MAXWELL MURPHY, LLC, BUFFALO (ALAN D. VOOS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.
BROWN & TARANTINO, LLC, BUFFALO (ANN M. CAMPBELL OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS AND THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS. MACKENZIE HUGHES LLP, SYRACUSE (JENNIFER P. WILLIAMS OF COUNSEL), FOR THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John A.
Michalek, J.), entered November 24, 2010 in a personal injury action. The order, inter alia, denied the motion of plaintiff for partial summary judgment on liability pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1), granted those parts of the motions of defendants-third-party plaintiffs and third-party defendant seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and granted that part of the motion of third-party defendant seeking summary judgment dismissing the third-party
-2- 1078 CA 11-00958 complaints.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously modified on the law by denying those parts of the motions of defendants-third-party plaintiffs and third-party defendant seeking summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law § 240 (1) claim and the Labor Law § 241 (6) claim to the extent that it is premised on a violation of 12 NYCRR 23-3.3 (h), reinstating those claims and denying that part of the motion of third-party defendant seeking summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaints and reinstating the third-party complaints, and as modified the order is affirmed without costs ( see Charney v LeChase Constr ., ___ AD3d ___ [Dec. 23, 2011]). Entered: December 23, 2011 Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
