[DOWNLOAD] "James Dedario and Tina Dedario v. New York Telephone Company" by Supreme Court of New York ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: James Dedario and Tina Dedario v. New York Telephone Company
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 22, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs to plaintiffs against New York Telephone Company and Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation, defendant's motions denied and plaintiffs' cross motion for partial summary judgment against defendants New York
Telephone Company and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation granted. Memorandum: Plaintiff James Dedario was employed by third-party
defendant Niagara Cable Installations, Inc. as an installer. On November 19, 1985, after installing Home Box Office (HBO)
for a cable customer, he was injured when he fell from a wooden utility pole. The pole was jointly owned by defendants New
York Telephone Company and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. Defendant Niagara Frontier Cable Television, Inc. was licensed
to use the pole. Metal rungs were imbedded into the pole in a manner intended to facilitate ascent and descent. To accomplish his purpose, plaintiff was required to climb the utility pole, detach the subscriber's cable, remove a frequency
trap and then reconnect the cable. In climbing the pole, plaintiff used pole climbers, which are devices attached to his
legs, but, in descending the pole, he used the metal rungs. As plaintiff stepped on the lowest rung, it bent under his weight
and he fell approximately seven feet to the ground.