Court Revives Labor Law Claim for Worker's Fall from Ladder

A New York appellate court revived an injured worker's Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder he was using to retrieve a tool pouch he had left hanging near the ceiling of a stockroom when he had previously been working in that area on a scissor lift. Case: Cioffi v. Target Corp., No. 2012-05299, 02/26/2014, published.Facts: Peter Cioffi worked for Communication Technology Services. In July 2005, CTS sent him to install a new paging system inside the stockroom of a Nassau County Target store.Cioffi used a scissor lift to perform his work. After he was done, and he had moved the scis...