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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 18 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Scaparo v. Village of Ilion.

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1 Scaparo v. Village of Ilion Anchor
ny · 2009
green “the term 'owner' is not limited to the titleholder of the property where the accident occurred and encompasses a person 'who has an interest in the property and who fulfilled the role of owner by contracting to have work performed for his or her benefit” 6
2 Broggy v. Rockefeller Group, Inc.
ny · 2007
green “an elevation-related risk of the kind that the safety devices listed in labor law 240 (1) protect against” 3
3 Clifford v. Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Co.
nyappdiv · 2006
green “the existence of one or more of these elements is sufficient to give rise to a duty of care, but where none is present, a party cannot be held liable for injury caused by the defective or dangerous condition of the property” 3
4 Ferreira v. Village of Kings Point
nyappdiv · 2009
green “not within the class of hazards against which labor law 240 (1) was intended to guard” 3
5 Montague v. Brooks
nyappdiv · 2012
green “by establishing that it did not occupy, own, or control the landing area and did not employ it for a special use, and thus did not owe plaintiff a duty of care” 3

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