New York Court of Appeals

Andrew W. Panek, Appellants v. County of Albany, Respondents

April 1, 200399 N.Y.2d 452

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that the plaintiff’s removal of air handlers constituted an alteration of the building within Labor Law §240(1), entitling him to partial summary judgment, and affirmed that summary judgment was proper because there was no genuine issue of fact on proximate causation.