Court Revives Worker's Claims for Alleged Fall Injuries

A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claims against a landowner for alleged injuries from a fall from a makeshift scaffold. Case: King v. Villette, Nos. 2015-05681 and 2015-09138, 11/01/2017, published. Facts: Franklin King allegedly fell and sustained injuries while performing stucco work on the back of a four-story, three-family residential building owned by Gerald Villette. King claimed Villette had instructed him to remove a wooden scaffold that he had constructed and "finish the job fast," because a building inspector was coming. King disman...