Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Worker Who Fell From Truck

A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on parts of his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a truck while moving away from a suspended load of steel beams that was swinging in his direction. Case: Flores v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, No. 161735/14 6581 6580, 08/09/2018, published. Facts: Rafael Flores suffered injuries whole working on a construction project. He was standing on a flatbed truck when a load of steel beams without tag lines was hoisted above him by a crane. Flores fell from the truck when the beams beg...