Insurer, Contractors Allege Staged Injury Claims Scheme Under New York Scaffold Law November 19, 2024 A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud...
Calls for Reform Revived Over More Than A Century Old New York Law October 8, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield A coalition of business advocacy and local government groups have renewed calls for reform to a New York law that...
Advocates Rally Behind New Federal Bill to Fix New York’s Scaffold Law September 19, 2017 The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) today will join the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH),...
N.Y. Group: Scaffold Law Will Consume Billions From Public Projects Spending January 25, 2016 The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) said New York’s “Scaffold Law” continues to drive up the cost of...
New York Court Examines Scope of Scaffold Law in 2 Injury Cases April 8, 2015 By Young Ha The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, ruled on two injury cases on April 2, examining whether...
Opinion: Study Suggesting N.Y. Scaffold Law Causes Injuries Misuses Statistical Techniques March 15, 2014 By Richard Hurd [Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary on a recent study from the New York Civil Justice Institute. The study...
Study Says N.Y. ‘Scaffold Law’ Drives Up Construction Costs, Causes Injuries February 27, 2014 A new study published this month challenges the claim that New York’s Labor Law 240, also known as the “Scaffold...
2013 in Review: Most Popular Insurance Stories From East December 30, 2013 As 2013 winds down, Insurance Journal takes a look back at the most popular news headlines of the year. In...
Critics Say It’s Time New York Ends 1885 Scaffold Law September 1, 2013 By Michael Gormley Years before skyscrapers, when New York City’s tallest building was still the 281-foot spire of Wall Street’s historic Trinity Church,...