New York’s highest court has put contractors and property owners on notice that they are responsible for slippery surfaces caused by substances that might be very different than the substances they typically worry about as creating a slip and fall …
A laborer who fell and was injured after he stood on an inverted bucket to reach a cable has nobody to blame but himself under New York law. The worker, Angel Morales, did not need to use a bucket, ladder …
Generally speaking, Labor Law Section 240(1) (“240”) imposes strict liability on owners and general contractors for certain height/gravity-related accidents that occur at construction projects. Establishing a height/gravity-related risk should not be enough for a plaintiff to prevail. Under the statute, …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation creating penalties for discrimination or retaliation against immigrant employees into law. This law is a codification of federal case law interpreting the anti-retaliation provisions of New York’s Labor Law and the federal …
