A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law case were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a plaintiff’s claim for injury.
Case: Rodriguez v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, No. 2017-08304, 02/24/2021, published.
Facts and procedural history: Jose Luis Rodriguez allegedly suffered injuries while working on a Metro North train station renovation.
Rodriguez was moving a compressor across a sidewalk with other workers when one of the compressor's wheels fell into a tree well, causing it to strike Rodriguez.
Rodriguez filed suit against the Metr...
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