A New York appellate court ruled that a self-employed worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a ladder he had furnished himself.
Case: Barnhardt v. Richard G. Rosetti LLC, No. 535789, 05/11/2023, published.
Facts: Robert Barnhardt worked as a self-employed contractor. John Harrell, the owner of Next Level Detailing LLC, hired Barnhardt to install surveillance cameras in the ceiling of an office that Harrell rented in a commercial garage. Richard G. Rosetti LLC owned the garage.
Barnhardt brought his own 20-foot extension ladder to ...
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