No Summary Judgment in Labor Law Claim for Worker Who Fell

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall off the stairs of a scaffold. Case: Muco v. Board of Education of the City of New York, No. 20375/19E, 03/24/2022, published. Facts: Ladi Muco fell on the stairs of a scaffold when it suddenly moved while he was working on a construction project. Muco and a co-worker asserted that the accident occurred because the scaffold was no secure and missing handrails in some sections, but a witness who inspected the structure immediately after the acci...