A New York appellate court ruled that an employer could not be held liable for contribution of indemnity to the general contractor on a construction project for the injuries that its employee had sustained.Case: DiNovo v. Bat Con, No. 516725, 05/01/2014, published. Facts: The County of Onondaga hired Bat Con in 2008 to perform emergency repairs on a municipal sewer line in the Town of DeWitt. Bat Con then subcontracted part of the work to Peterson Geotechnical Construction.Christopher DiNovo, a PGC employee, suffered injuries while working on this project when a drill rig that he was oper...
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