Court Overturns Summary Judgment Against Worker

A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to an employer in a Labor Law claim for a pallet jack accident and granted summary judgment for the worker. Case: Schoendorf v. 589 Fifth TIC I LLC, No. 158404/17, 06/02/2022, published. Facts: Richard Schoendorf was injured as he was attempting to move a 400-pound elevator platform from the front of a flatbed truck to the tailgate. The platform, which was about 7 feet long, rested on a pallet jack that was too small to allow the platform to rest properly on it, causing it to dip and touch the flatbed. As Schoendorf...