Court Reverses Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner and construction manager should not have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s Labor Law claim. Case: Nicholson v. Sabey Data Center Properties LLC, No. 156351/12, 05/26/2022, published. Facts: Sherlock Nicholson sustained injuries when, while attempting to reverse a pallet jack, it suddenly engaged and jumped back, propelling him backward onto a loose pipe. Nicholson fell and the pallet jack pinned his ankle against the pipe. Nicholson was moving pallets of cinder blocks from the loading dock to a tempo...