Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted on the issue of damages only, with costs to abide the event. The findings of fact on the issue of liability are affirmed.
The plaintiff, who was demolishing the wall of a building with a jackhammer, was allegedly injured when the scaffold on which he was standing collapsed after either he or the scaffold was struck by a piece of wall that fell. The plaintiff commenced this action against...
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