Court Tosses Worker's Labor Law Claims

A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law case should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a construction foreman’s claims based on injuries from being struck by a metal plate. Case: Lombardi v. City of New York, No. 2017-02330, 09/25/2019, published. Facts: James Lombardi worked as a foreman for New York Paving, a contractor hired by the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. to restore East 17th Street between Avenue M and Cedar Street in Brooklyn. The stretch or road was owned by the City of New York and the New York City Department of Transportati...