Koenig v. Patrick Construction Corp.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1948-12-02

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Fuld, J. We are called upon to determine whether, in an action for damages brought by an injured worker on the strength of section 240 of the Labor Law, a defendant may assert the worker’s contributory negligence as a defense. Plaintiff, a window cleaner, had been hired as an independent contractor hy defendant to do the work necessary on the windows of a sch…

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