Court Tosses Partial Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker had not been entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and it reinstated part of the defendant’s third-party complaint. Case: Chrisman v. Syracuse SOMA Project LLC, No. 1072 CA 19-02241, 03/19/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Michael Chrisman filed suit against the Syracuse SOMA Project LLC and Burke Contracting LLC, asserting claims for negligence and violation of the Labor Law. Chrisman claimed that Syracuse owned the property where he was injured, and Burke was the general contractor for ...