Mitchell v City of New York
2019 NY Slip Op 01149 [169 AD3d 505]
February 14, 2019
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, March 27, 2019


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 Joseph B. Mitchell et al., Appellants,
v
City of New York et al., Respondents.

Giuliano McDonnell & Perrone, LLP, Mineola (Matthew M. Gorden of counsel), for appellants.

Fabiani, Cohen & Hall, LLP, New York (Kevin B. Pollak of counsel), for respondents.

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Lucy Billings, J.), entered August 9, 2017, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and denied plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability on the Labor Law §§ 240 (1) and 241 (6) claims, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

There is no viable Labor Law § 240 (1) claim where, as here, "plaintiff simply lost his footing while [descending] a properly secured, non-defective extension ladder that did not malfunction" (Ellerbe v Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 91 AD3d 441, 442 [1st Dept 2012]). Furthermore, inasmuch as the ladder was placed in compliance with 12 NYCRR 23-1.21 (b) (4) (i), dismissal of the Labor Law § 241 (6) claim was warranted.

We have considered plaintiffs' remaining arguments and find them unavailing. Concur—Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Webber, Kahn, Kern, JJ.