Category: Ladder/Scaffold Accidents

New York=s Labor Law Sections 240(1) and 241(6) were created to protect workers who are injured while performing their duties during construction, renovation, demolition, etc. The first paragraph of section 240(1) of the Labor Law contains two distinct criteria, each of which comes into play when an injured worker seeks

Colella v. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (NYLJ, 10/1/12) is another example of how the trial courts seek to apply the various interpretations with respect to a worker seeking recovery for injuries incurred in  an elevation-related task under New York’s “Scaffold Law” (Labor Law §240(1)). In this

Plaintiff was injured while performing removal of a storefront and demolition on a commercial center owned by defendant. Plaintiff was standing on a makeshift scaffold using two A-frame ladders. After cutting a portion of the facade of the storefront with a “Saws-All”, “the injured plaintiff turned to place that tool