Joseph Saint, Appellants v. Syracuse Supply Company, Respondent

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and denied summary judgment, holding that Joseph Saint was engaged in an alteration of the billboard within the meaning of Labor Law §240(1), that the lack of a safety rail violated §240(2), and that his work qualified as construction under §241(6). The Court based its decision on a contextual analysis of the work and a liberal construction of the statutes.