Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment on Claim by Worker Who Fell From Scaffold

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim after falling from a scaffold and that the property owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the man's negligence-based claims. Case: Medina-Arana v. Henry Street Property Holdings, No. 2019-08213, 09/30/2020, published. Facts: Elio Medina-Arana worked for the JD Construction Group. He allegedly suffered injuries when he fell from a scaffold while working for JD at a property owned by Henry Street Property Holdings. Procedural history: Medin...