Order unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court properly granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on liability under Labor Law § 240 (1). Plaintiff demonstrated a violation of defendant's nondelegable duty to ensure that the ladder was "so constructed, placed and operated as to give proper protection" to plaintiff (Labor Law § 240 [1]) and that the statutory violation was a proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries ...
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