Court Tosses Claims Against Subcontractor but Denies Summary Judgment on 3rd-Party Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that the subcontractor on a construction project should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims against it, but it was not entitled to summary judgment on its product defect claims against a manufacturer. Case: Uhl v. D'Onofrio General Contractors Corp., No. 2018-14102, 08/25/2021, published. Facts: Timothy Uhl worked for the New York City Housing Authority as an elevator inspector. He allegedly suffered injuries in October 2011 when he fell from one end of a catwalk connecting the roofs of two b...