A divided New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims based on his fall from a ladder.
Case: Walkow v. MJ Peterson/Tucker Homes LLC, No. 1093 CA 18-02123, 07/17/2020, published.
Facts and procedural history: Richard Walkow suffered injuries when he fell from a roof while installing siding on a residential construction project.
Walkow was working on a second-story dormer, which was located above a porch. Two ladders had been set up on the porch roof to provide access to the second story.
Walkow moved laterally from one ladder to ...
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