A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was properly allowed to proceed with most of his claims based on an accident at a construction site.
Case: Edwards v. State University Construction Fund, No. 531479, 07/01/2021, published.
Facts: Stephen Edwards worked for Ralo Construction Inc., a subcontractor that provided laborers for the renovation of SUNY Oneonta's physical sciences building.
Edwards was allegedly injured while working on the project when he hit his head on a wooden beam supporting a scaffold and then fell backward down a set of stairs.
Procedural history: E...
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