Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; 3rd-Party Defendants Get Partial Judgment, Too

A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law action should have been dismissed on summary judgment, and that the third-party defendants were both entitled to partial summary judgment on the claims against them as well. Case: Santacruz v. 58 Gerry Street LLC, No. 23434/19, 06/25/2026, published. Facts: Jose Orlando Estela Santacruz worked as a carpenter for Capital Concrete NY Inc. and Great Maintenance NY Inc. While he was removing concrete forms from an elevator space, a long metal jack/post used to shore up decking for ceiling concrete forms fell against h...