Worker Was Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim — not because of the doctrine of collateral estoppel, but because the undisputed evidence established that he was not the sole proximate cause of his injuries after a fall from a scaffold. Case: Griffin v. AVA Realty Ithaca, No. 524012, 05/11/2017, published. Facts: David Griffin and Patrick Gerrard suffered injuries in January 2013 while building a masonry elevator shaft in a building owned by AVA Realty Ithaca. AVA had hired Varish Construction as a general c...