Self-Employed Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that a self-employed worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a ladder he had furnished himself. Case: Barnhardt v. Richard G. Rosetti LLC, No. 535789, 05/11/2023, published. Facts: Robert Barnhardt worked as a self-employed contractor. John Harrell, the owner of Next Level Detailing LLC, hired Barnhardt to install surveillance cameras in the ceiling of an office that Harrell rented in a commercial garage. Richard G. Rosetti LLC owned the garage. Barnhardt brought his own 20-foot extension ladder to ...