A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell from the back of a moving pickup and was injured by an object that fell with him did not have a viable claim under Labor Law Section 240(1).
Case: Eddy v. John Hummel Custom Builders, No. 2014-03749, 12/21/2016, published.
Facts: Mark Eddy and Mark J. DiSunno manually loaded several pieces of construction material on to the back of a pickup in order to move to another location within the job site.
One of the items loaded onto the truck was a cast iron grate, weighing approximately 100 pounds.
Eddy and DiSunno placed the grat...
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