A New York appellate court ruled that a homeowner was exempt from liability under the Labor Law for a worker's accident on his property, even though he used his property for commercial purposes.
Case: Levy v. Baumgarten, No. 2014-05348, 02/08/2017, published.
Facts: Yehonatan Levy injured his hand while working for Levi Baumgarten on a renovation project.
The project involved work on the first floor and the basement of Baumgarten's home.
Baumgarten used his home address as the physical address for his company, called Chabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Tank Inc.
The "Mitzvah Tank&...
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