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...
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