On October 29, 2011, a Bronx building collapsed, resulting in the death of 51 year-old construction worker Muhamed Kebbeh. It is believed that the two-story commercial building’s collapse was due to the failure of about a dozen pillars in the basement. The workers there were apparently engaged in an “active demolition” of the building when…
Read More Construction Worker Killed in Building CollapseMontes v. Collins Enterprises, LLC et al., No. 106308/08 (NY Sup. July 8, 2011): Plaintiff, an employee of a non-party subcontractor, sustained injuries when he “stepped on a round wooden doorknob” in a room of an apartment where he was working. Plaintiff alleged violations of Labor Law §§ 200, 240(1), and 241(6) against the owner and…
Read More NY Supreme (NY Cty.): Worker injured after slipping on doorknob at worksite may proceed on Labor Law § 241(6) claim based on Industrial Code § 23-1.7(e)(2)St. Louis v. Town of North Elba, 16 N.Y.3d 411 (March 31, 2011): Court of Appeals upheld denial of summary judgment to defendant property owner. Plaintiff maintenance worker was injured when a section of pipe fell on him after being released by a “hydraulic-operated clamshell bucket attached to the bucket arm of a front-end loader”,…
Read More NY Court of Appeals: Function, Not Name, of Injury-Causing Machine Dictates Appropriateness of Industrial Code Section Forming Basis for Labor Law 241(6) claim