Court Rejects Worker's Request to Add Labor Law Claim as 'Patently Devoid of Merit'

A New York appellate court ruled that a trial judge properly denied a worker’s request to amend his Labor Law claim from asserting he had sustained injuries in a slip-and-fall to add a claim that he had also fallen off a ladder. Case: Vorobeichik v. Greenpoint Goldman SM, No. 2016-07875, 08/22/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Michael Vorobeichik filed a Labor Law action against Greenpoint Goldman asserting that he had suffered injuries when he slipped and fell on a liquid while performing renovation work on a property owned by Greenpoint. Vorobeichik alleged claims for v...