Court Partially Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker Injured by Falling Scrap Metal

A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment to a construction worker on his Labor Law claim based on his injuries from being struck by a falling piece of scrap metal. Case: Greenwood v. Whitney Museum of American Art, No. 6456 150080/14, 05/03/2018, published. Facts: Mitchell Greenwood suffered injuries while working on a construction project when a piece of scrap metal fell on him. A coworker had been using the piece of metal to secure a fire blanket to prevent sparks from his welding work from igniting anything in the surrounding area. Greenwood was "...