Court Partially Reinstates Claims by Worker Who Impaled Eye on Tree Guard

A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims based on his fall at a construction site that resulted in a tree guard stabbing him in the eye. Case: Corona v. HHSC 13th Street Development Corp., No. 23651/13E, 43265/15E, 09/16/2021, published. Facts: Roberto Torres Corona fell on the sidewalk abutting a property owned by the HHSC 13th Street Development Corp. while he was working on the disassembly of a sidewalk bridge. According to Corona, he was walking on the sidewalk and he stepped onto stacked, wet 2-by-4. When the board slipped out f...