Court Tosses Judgment for Worker Who Fell From Truck

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker had not been entitled to summary judgment in a negligence claim based on his fall from a truck’s lift gate. Case: Elam v. Ryder Systems Inc., No. 2018-10565, 10/02/2019, published. Facts: Rodney Elam worked for Liberty Moving and Storage. In September 2011, Liberty sent him to deliver voting machines to a Board of Elections facility in Yaphank. Elam was standing on the lift gate of a truck when the lift suddenly dropped, causing him to fall. Liberty had rented trucks from both Ryder Systems Inc. and the Penske Corp. to perf...