In Schofield v. Avante Contractive Corp., the Supreme Court, Westchester County, granted the summary judgment motion of a general contractor represented by LCBF and dismissed Labor Law §§ 240(1), 241(6), and 200 claims of plaintiff, who fell from an unsecured ladder. The court accepted LCBF’s argument that plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of the accident because he did not remove or request the removal of Sheetrock on the floor that served as an obstruction. The LCBF team was headed by Gerry Ford.
LCBF granted dismissal of labor law section 240 claim on ground that plaintiff sole proximate cause of accident
