Plaintiff Anthony Gonzalez was injured when, while making an opening in a concrete wall for HVAC ductwork to be installed, cinderblocks above the opening fell and struck his knee. Contrary to Allianz's argument, the cinderblocks above the opening that fell were "falling objects" under Labor Law § 240 (1) required to be secured for the purposes of the undertaking (Outar v City of New York,
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