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SOLLY v. TAM CERAMICS, INC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 10, 1999
258 A.D.2d 914 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

February 10, 1999

Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Flaherty, J. — Summary Judgment.

Present — Denman, P. J., Green, Hayes, Wisner and Callahan, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint in this action alleging a violation of Labor Law § 240 Lab. (1) and § 241 Lab. (6). At the time of the accident causing his injuries, Joseph F. Solly (plaintiff) was engaged in fabricating a steel cylinder that was to replace the intermediate section of a calciner owned by defendant. The accident occurred at the facility of third-party defendant, Oldman Boiler Works, Inc. (Oldman). Steel fabrication is the "customary occupational work" of plaintiff ( Jock v. Fien, 80 N.Y.2d 965, 966) and the "customary business of his employer", Oldman ( Foster v. Joseph Co., 216 A.D.2d 944). "His work fabricating the [cylinder] during the normal manufacturing process did not involve `erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or pointing' (Labor Law § 240 Lab. [1]), or `construction' or `excavation' work (Labor Law § 241 Lab. [6]; see also, 12 NYCRR 23-1.4 [b] [13]). Thus, he was not engaged in an activity protected under Labor Law § 240 Lab. (1) or § 241 Lab. (6), which subject contractors and owners to absolute strict liability" ( Jock v. Fien, supra, at 968; see, Foster v. Joseph Co., supra, at 944-945; Warsaw v. Eastern Rock Prods., 193 A.D.2d 1115).

Plaintiffs do not raise any issue with respect to the dismissal of the negligence cause of action, and thus any challenge to that part of the order is deemed abandoned ( see, Ciesinski v. Town of Aurora, 202 A.D.2d 984).


Summaries of

SOLLY v. TAM CERAMICS, INC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 10, 1999
258 A.D.2d 914 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

SOLLY v. TAM CERAMICS, INC

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPH F. SOLLY et al., Appellants, v. TAM CERAMICS, INC., Respondent and…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Feb 10, 1999

Citations

258 A.D.2d 914 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
685 N.Y.S.2d 374

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