Plaintiff alleged that he was injured on December 15, 2005, when he fell from an icy scaffold while doing renovation work at a recently purchased weekend home of defendants. At issue here is the Labor Law §§ 240 and 241 homeowner exemption to the strict liability rule it imposes on owners, contractors and their agents to protect workers from building construction, demolition and repair-related dangers. The exemption covers "owners of one and two-family dwellings...
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