FF PLLC had a nice win of summary judgment in this case, in which a 43 year old, fragile (eggshell skull) plaintiff sustained multiple serious injuries, including fracture of the left hip with open reduction internal fixation, post-operative lightheadedness and irregular heartbeat, fractured left distal radius and ulna styloid (wrist), intense stomach pain and stomach ulcer due to medications and alleged permanent scarring, disfigurement and deformity, when, on October 27, 2012, Halloween, he fell from a loading dock in defendant’s building.
 
Plaintiff and other party-goers, invited by the co-defendant, were playing a menacing game of investigation in which partygoers dressed as zombies purposely turned off the lights and spooked each other, including plaintiff, on the loading dock of defendant’s building.
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​Plaintiff alleged that he was injured on December 5, 2013, while employed by Hassan Construction, who was retained by the insured to replace the boiler with an equivalent unit. Plaintiff claimed that his hand was fractured by a pipe used by plaintiff and the other workers as a make-shift ramp to help slide the replacement boiler down 3 steps, while moving the new boiler into the basement of the defendant’s premises. Plaintiff alleged violations of Labor Law, Sections 240(1) and 241(6).

New York County Supreme Court Judge Debra James granted Summary Judgment and dismissed the complaint against our client in a seven year old property damage action between adjacent homeowners.