Triable Issues of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims for his fall from a ladder while carrying beams to a scaffold platform. Case: Rivera v. Suydam 379 LLC, No. 154555/18, 05/11/2023, published. Facts: William Rivera sustained injuries while performing construction work involving the replacement of the wooden beams of a roof. After the accident, Rivera testified that he fell from an unsecured 12-foot A-frame ladder when the ladder shifted as he attempted to place a wooden beam he was carrying onto the platform of the scaffold that was u...