A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim based on a fall from a ladder.
Case: Vicuna v. Vista Woods, No. 2018-02922, 01/30/2019, published.
Facts: Cristian Vicuna worked for Vicuna Construction. In October 2013, he suffered injuries in a fall from a ladder while performing roofing work on a newly constructed house.
The house was owned by Vista Woods, which had contracted with Ruby Construction Services to be the general contractor. Ruby subcontracted the roofing to Builders Choice of New York. Builders then subcontracted the...
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