Court Upholds Finding That Civil Defendant Was Not Injured Worker's Employer

A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a personal injury action was not entitled to relief from a jury’s verdict finding it was not the employer of an injured construction worker. Case: Chihuahua v. Birchwood Estates LLC, Nos. 2019-02357 and 2019-05338, 03/23/2022, published. Facts: On July 3, 2015, Omar Rene Chihuahua was performing work on a house under construction in a development. The house was owned by Birchwood Estates LLC. John Doyle had contracted with Birchwood to construct the homes in the development. Doyle also hired JMG Improvements Inc. to perform the dry...