Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker Struck by Falling Objects

A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by the legs and beam of a sidewalk shed as they fell. Case: Iuculano v. City of New York, No. 151380/20, 03/21/2023, published. Facts: Andrew Iuculano suffered injuries while working on a crew to assemble a sidewalk shed. According to Iuculano, he and his foreman and several co-workers raised a set of vertical legs and a horizontal beam to form one side of the shed before he went about cleaning garbage and debris on the job site. He had been cleaning for 1...