Court Allows Worker to Proceed with Labor Law Claim for Injury from Falling Cooling Tower Lid

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could proceed with one of his Labor Law claims for his injury from a falling cooling tower lid. Case: Mora v. Sky Lift Distributor Corp., No. 305640/09 14589 83710/12 14588, 03/24/2015, published. Facts: Joseph Mora worked for Par Mechanical, a company that was hired by 1200 Fifth Associates to dismantle a cooling tower from the roof of its building. Par subcontracted some of the work for this project to the Skylift Contractor Corp. Skylift's workers dismantled the tower from the building and loaded it onto the bed of a truck. A Par employ...