A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were entitled to summary judgment dismissing the injured worker’s claims based on his injuries from a fall while moving from one level of a roof to another.
Case: Pita v. Roosevelt Union Free School District, No. 2015-10526, 12/20/2017, published.
Facts: Joseph Pita worked for a plumbing subcontractor on a project to renovate a high school.
While working on the project, Pita and a coworker used an extension ladder to get to a mechanical room located on the roof of a building.
After entering the mechanical room...
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