No Summary Judgment for Worker With Eye Injury From Falling Debris

A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claims for injuries from being struck in the eye by falling debris. Case: Peters v. Structure Tone Inc., No. 155065/15, 04/19/2022, published. Facts: Nedroy Peters was injured while working as a carpenter at a building owned by MI NY Clock Tower LLC. Structure Tone Inc. was the construction manager for the project at the building. Peters was building a platform in a shaft on the 10th floor of the building in order to frame or box out some pipe in the shaft. As the platform was nearly complete, he...