Worker Prevails on Labor Law Claim; Property Owner Gets Indemnification

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a scaffold and that the property owner was entitled to summary judgment on its indemnification claim. Case: Corleto v. Henry Restoration Ltd., No. 24263/13, 06/23/2022, published. Facts: Edwin Corleto worked for the BSK Restoration Corp. He suffered injuries when he fell through an unguarded side of a scaffold after he and his co-workers attempted to manually move it along a building's exterior. The Euclid Hall Housing Development Fund Co. Inc. was the owner of the...