A New York appellate court ruled that an asbestos abatement worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder.
Case: Cabrera v. Arrow Steel Window Corp., No. 2016-01702, 07/18/2018, published.
Facts: Luis Cabrera worked for E&A Environmental. He suffered injuries in a fall from a ladder while performing asbestos abatement work at a high school in the Roslyn School District.
He testified that the ladder had shifted beneath him, for no apparent reason, causing him to fall.
The work being done by Cabrera was part of a larger project initiated by the d...
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