Lopez v Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.
2006 NYSlipOp 00990
February 7, 2006
Appellate Division, First Department
As corrected through Wednesday, April 19, 2006


William Lopez, Appellant,
v
Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. Woodworks Construction Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. (And Another Action.)

[*1]Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane A. Lebedeff, J.), entered on or about September 30, 2004, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In light of the conflicting testimony, issues of fact exist as to whether plaintiff's own negligence was the sole proximate cause of his accident (Cahill v Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth., 4 NY3d 35 [2004]; Meade v Rock-McGraw, Inc., 307 AD2d 156 [2003]); see also Blake v Neighborhood Hous. Servs. of N.Y. City, 1 NY3d 280, 290 [2003]; Cahill v Westchester Towers Owners Corp., 295 AD2d 550, 552 [2002]). Concur—Buckley, P.J., Marlow, Sweeny, Catterson and McGuire, JJ.


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