Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Action for Injuries From Airborne Tree

A New York appellate court revived part of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from a freak accident involving a fallen tree that had been flung into the air when the wires it was resting upon snapped beneath it. Case: De Jesus v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad, No. 2015-04671, 03/28/2018, published. Facts: Miguel Tamarez De Jesus worked for the Asplundh Tree Expert Co. He suffered injuries in 2012 while removing a tree that had been felled by Hurricane Sandy. The tree had fallen on the wires situated above railroad tracks owned by the Metro-North Commuter Railroad and Met...