· 4/28/1969
Cahn v. Vario
Citations
- 32 A.D.2d 564
- 300 N.Y.S.2d 657
- 1969 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4118
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- defendants held liable to plaintiff who slipped off elevated work platform as he attempted to descend from the work site
- “fact that plaintiffs own negligence in choosing [a] particular method of descending from the elevated worksite may have contributed to his accident is immaterial and is not a defense to the imposition of absolute liability [under Section 240]”
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