A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from trying to hold a steel beam in place after it was hoisted into position.
Case: Tomala-Campoverde v. Trumbull Equities LLC, No. 2017-08741, 08/05/2020, published.
Facts: In August 2011, Cristobal Tomala-Campoverde allegedly suffered injuries while working on the construction of a new building. He was attempting to connect two steel beams, one of which had been hoisted by a crane and was suspended horizontally.
The crane locked, preventing the beam from moving up or down. It was at...
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