Padula v. Lilarn Properties Corp.

• Decision Date: 19 November 1993
• Parties: Rodger A. PADULA, Appellant, v. LILARN PROPERTIES CORPORATION, Respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Page 464

604 N.Y.S.2d 464

198 A.D.2d 916

Rodger A. PADULA, Appellant, v. LILARN PROPERTIES CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.

Nov. 19, 1993.

Calli & Calli by Richard Reittinger, Utica, for appellant.

Felt, Hubbard & Bogan by James Griffith, Utica, for respondent.

Before CALLAHAN, J.P., and PINE, LAWTON, DOERR and BOEHM, JJ.

MEMORANDUM:

Plaintiff brought this action seeking to recover damages for injuries sustained when he fell from a scaffold while performing work on a construction project in Massachusetts.

Supreme Court properly granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's causes of action alleging violations of sections 200, 240(1) and 241(6) of the New York State Labor Law and various rules and regulations thereunder. "The New York Legislature is without authority to impose standards of conduct on contractors, owners and agents relating to a worksite located in a foreign jurisdiction" (Brewster v. Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co., 167 A.D.2d 908, 562 N.Y.S.2d 277; see also, Bardin v. Tuozzolo, 190 A.D.2d 1090, 594 N.Y.S.2d 1001, lv. denied, 82 N.Y.2d 705, 601 N.Y.S.2d 585, 619 N.E.2d 663).

Order unanimously affirmed without costs.