Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a Labor Law claim should have been granted partial summary judgment dismissing one of the worker’s claims for his alleged injuries from a pergola collapse. Case: Flores v. Crescent Beach Club LLC, No. 2020-02706, 08/10/2022, published. Facts: Robert Flores allegedly suffered injuries while demolishing a rotting wooden pergola at the Crescent Beach Club in Bayville. Flores was standing on top of the pergola and cut a piece of the structure for demolition. The section he was standing on gave way, causing him to fall to the gr...