While in an aerial basket, construction worker Joseph Rendino was tasked with caulking the exterior windows of a 6th floor building owned by the City of New York, and was injured when the basket unexpectedly dropped several feet.
After he filed suit, Rendino asked the Bronx County Supreme Court to find the City liable. When that request was denied, the guy appealed.
Because the City wasn't able to show that the basket's drop, and Rendino's ensuing injuries, were unrelated to the "force of gravity," the Appellate Division, First Department, reversed and found the City responsible for what happed. (Whether the drop occurred as a result of a "mechanical defect," as the City claimed, wasn't seen as relevant.)
Was that poorly woven?
To view a copy of the Appellate Division's decision, please use this link: Rendino v. City of New York