Linda Gasper, as Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Gasper v. Ford Motor Company, and Third-Party Frederick…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment for the plaintiff, holding that Ford Motor Company owed no duty to provide a safe place for window washers when the hazard arose from the independent contractor’s own method of using a ventilating window as a platform, and that the Labor Law provisions did not apply. The dissent argued that Ford did have an affirmative duty and would have affirmed the judgment for the plaintiff.