United States Second Circuit

In an action based on an injury plaintiff sustained while using a pulley to move a reel of wire down a small flight of stairs, judgment as a matter of law for plaintiff is affirmed where defendants were liable under New York's "scaffold law" because the application of the force of gravity to an 800 pound reel of wires caused plaintiff's hands to be severely injured.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/05/2010
• Published 01/05/2010

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CABRANES, HALL, Circuit Judges, and SWEET, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven J. Ahmuty, Jr., (Christopher Simone, on the brief), Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, LLP, Lake Success, NY, for Defendants-Appellants New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and AMEC Construction Management, Inc. Co., LLC., Scott N. Singer, Sacks and Sacks, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.