Court Upholds Dismissal of Claims Against Subcontractors for Alleged Exposure Injuries

A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of the Labor Law claims filed by a group of workers against two subcontractors hired for a highway construction project. Case: Marl v. Liro Engineers, No. 2015-02272, 03/07/2018, published. Facts: Jerry Grasso Jr., John Sullivan Jr., Cathy Marl and Louis Centolanza all worked for Ketco Inc. Ketco served as the general contractor for a construction project for the New York State Thruway Association in 2003 and 2004. The project involved a landfill that was known to contain hazardous waste, so Ketco entered into a contract with the Conrad Geosci...