Opinion
04-26-2016
Manuel SIGUENCIA, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant–Respondent, 4101 Austin Boulevard Corp., et al., Defendants.
Bisogno & Meyerson, LLP, Brooklyn (Theresa A. Ficchi of counsel), for appellant. Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Susan P. Greenberg of counsel), for respondent.
Bisogno & Meyerson, LLP, Brooklyn (Theresa A. Ficchi of counsel), for appellant.
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Susan P. Greenberg of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Frank P. Nervo, J.), entered on or about December 5, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted the City's motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's Labor Law §§ 240 and 241 claims, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.
The City concedes that the court improperly dismissed the Labor Law §§ 240 and 241 claims on the ground that the City was an out-of-possession landlord, since the statutes impose liability on property owners without regard to the owner's degree of supervision or control over the premises (Gordon v. Eastern Ry. Supply, 82 N.Y.2d 555, 559–560, 606 N.Y.S.2d 127, 626 N.E.2d 912 [1993] ; Celestine v. City of New York, 86 A.D.2d 592, 446 N.Y.S.2d 131 [2d Dept.1982], affd. 59 N.Y.2d 938, 466 N.Y.S.2d 319, 453 N.E.2d 548 [1983] ).
SWEENY, J.P., SAXE, MOSKOWITZ, GISCHE, WEBBER, JJ., concur.