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TAYLOR v. V.A.W. OF AMERICA, INC.

276 A.D.2d 621 (2000)

714 N.Y.S.2d 321

SCOTT TAYLOR et al., Appellants, v. V.A.W. OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendants. VANGUARD, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided October 16, 2000.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with one bill of costs, and the motion and cross motion are granted.

Labor Law § 240 (1) imposes a nondelegable duty upon owners and contractors to provide, or cause to be furnished, certain safety devices for workers on an elevated work site, and the absence of appropriate safety devices constitutes a violation of the statute as a matter of law (see, Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec....

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