A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment as to a defendant’s liability under the Labor Law for injuries from being struck by a heavy board as a forklift was loading it into a truck.
Case: Hensel v. Aviator FSC Inc., No. 2018-03442, 10/20/2021, published.
Facts: Michael Hensel allegedly suffered injuries while loading heavy boards into the back of a truck. The boards had been used to form the walls for indoor soccer fields and weighed more than 100 pounds each.
Hensel claimed that while he stood on the ground next to a forklift, one of the bo...
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