RUSSELL v. WIDEWATERS SOUTH BAY ROAD ASSOCIATES LLP (2001)

Supreme Court properly granted that part of third-party defendant's cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law § 240(1) claim.   Plaintiff Dean Russell, a subcontractor, tripped over an electrical cord while working on stilts and, in doing so, “did not encounter a hazard contemplated by the statute” (Melber v. 6333 Main St., 91 N.Y.2d 759, 761, 676 N.Y.S.2d 104, 698 N.E.2d 933).

Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

MEMORANDUM: