A New York appellate court ordered a new trial for a construction worker’s Labor Law claim due to an instructional error during the original trial.
Case: Duncan v. Temple Beth Sholom, Nos. 2015-04140 and 2015-04141, 11/08/2017, published.
Facts and procedural history: Luis Duran filed a Labor Law claim against Temple Beth Sholom after he suffered injuries while working on a demolition project at property owned by the temple.
Duran claimed the workers on the project were using a pry bar to separate the plywood flooring from metal floor joists, then manually lifting pieces of ...
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