Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Claim for Alleged Water Main Accident

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker had not been entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for alleged injuries he received while testing water main valves. Case: Knight v. Amman & Whitney Inc., No. 23614/17E, 12/05/2023, published. Facts: Clayton Knight worked for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. In March 2016, he was among the members of a DEP crew called to the work site of a road reconstruction project to test DEP-owned water main valves. Amman & Whitney Inc. was the consulting engineer for the work site. Knight allegedly suffered i...