Practice point: The Appellate Division reversed the denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment and the granting plaintiffs' cross motion for partial summary judgment on liability, and dismissed the complaint. Plaintiff was struck by a pipe while it was being flushed clean with a highly pressurized mixture of air, water, and a rubber rabbit device. The movement of this mixture through the pipe failed to bring the mechanism of plaintiff's injury within the ambit of the statute because it did not involve the direct consequence of the application of the force of gravity to an object. The mixture in the pipe did not move through the exercise of the force of gravity, but, instead, was intentionally propelled through the pipe through the use of high pressure.
Case: Joseph v. City of New York, NY Slip Op 06649 (1st Dep't October 11, 2016)
Here is the decision.
Tomorrow's issue: Dismissal of a claim based on a fall on the stairs.
