Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment for Fall Injuries

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment as to liability on his Labor Law claim for his fall from an unsecured plank used as a scaffold. Case: DaSilva v. Toll First Ave. LLC, No. 452797/15, 11/18/2021, published. Facts: Marcos DaSilva suffered injuries when he fell off an unsecured wooden plank while constructing a hollow rectangular structure that would serve as the framework for concrete columns. According to DaSilva, his co-workers had placed unsecured wooden planks across the beams of the structure to allow him to cross and place heads on the tops ...