Plaintiff, a carpenter, was framing a bathroom on the 12th floor of the owner defendants' building. As he stepped backwards off the ladder on which he had been working, his left foot got "caught ... like sandwiched" in an unmarked and uncovered hole in the floor. Plaintiff twisted backwards, injuring his knee, but stopped himself from falling to the ground by placing a hand out. Plaintiff then straightened himself and pulled his foot out of the hole.
Plaintiff testified...
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