Ross v. Curtis-Palmer
81 N.Y.2d 494 (N.Y. 1993) Cited 3,594 timesHolding that plaintiff's "§ 241 claim must fail because of the inadequacy of his allegations regarding the regulations defendants purportedly breached"
Blake v. Neighborhood Hous. Serv. of N.Y.C.
1 N.Y.3d 280 (N.Y. 2003) Cited 1,761 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that "an accident alone does not establish a Labor Law § 240 violation"
Rizzuto v. L.A. Wenger Contracting Co., Inc.
91 N.Y.2d 343 (N.Y. 1998) Cited 1,929 timesHolding that the jury could reasonably find “that someone within the chain of the construction project was negligent in not exercising reasonable care ... to ... remediate the hazard”
Comes v. New York State Electric and Gas Corporation
82 N.Y.2d 876 (N.Y. 1993) Cited 1,754 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding no liability under common law or Labor Law § 200 in absence of evidence of supervision or control
Narducci v. Manhasset Bay Assoc
96 N.Y.2d 259 (N.Y. 2001) Cited 1,155 times 6 Legal AnalysesAffirming summary judgment where falling glass injured plaintiff because material was not being hoisted nor was it part of a load that required securing for purposes of the work being undertaken
Cappabianca v. Skanska U.S. Bldg. Inc.
99 A.D.3d 139 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012) Cited 557 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding a wet floor was not a dangerous condition because it "would not have been present but for the manner and means of plaintiff's injury-producing work," over which defendants had no control
Cahill v. Triborough
4 N.Y.3d 35 (N.Y. 2004) Cited 710 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding that the worker's actions constituted negligence and a jury could have found his negligence to be the sole cause of his injuries
Russin v. Picciano Son
54 N.Y.2d 311 (N.Y. 1981) Cited 1,422 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding "[a]n implicit precondition to this duty to provide a safe place to work is that the party charged with that responsibility have the authority to control the activity bringing about the injury to enable it to avoid or correct an unsafe condition"
Robinson v. East Medical Center
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 2457 (N.Y. 2006) Cited 456 times 2 Legal AnalysesAffirming summary judgment where eight-foot ladders were available and adequate to prevent plaintiff's injuries because the sole proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries was his misuse of a six-foot ladder
Buckley v. Columbia
44 A.D.3d 263 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007) Cited 429 timesFinding that § 23-2.1 does not apply to material and equipment that is properly stored
Section 130-1.1 - Costs; sanctions
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 130-1.1 Cited 4,251 times 4 Legal AnalysesAuthorizing imposition of costs and attorney's fees for engaging in "frivolous conduct"
Section 1926.501 - Duty to have fall protection
29 C.F.R. § 1926.501 Cited 105 times 25 Legal AnalysesPlacing burden on employer to demonstrate infeasibility
Section 1926.502 - Fall protection systems criteria and practices
29 C.F.R. § 1926.502 Cited 48 times 2 Legal Analyses(a)General. (1) Fall protection systems required by this part shall comply with the applicable provisions of this section. (2) Employers shall provide and install all fall protection systems required by this subpart for an employee, and shall comply with all other pertinent requirements of this subpart before that employee begins the work that necessitates the fall protection. (b)Guardrail systems. Guardrail systems and their use shall comply with the following provisions: (1) Top edge height of
Section 500.1 - General requirements
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 500.1 Cited 1 times(a) All papers shall comply with applicable statutes and rules, particularly the signing requirement of section 130-1.1 -a of this Title. (b) Papers filed. Papers filed means briefs, papers submitted pursuant to sections 500.10 and 500.11 of this Part, motion papers, records and appendices. (c) Method of reproduction. All papers filed may be reproduced by any method that produces a permanent, legible, black image on white paper. Reproduction on both sides of the paper is encouraged. (d) Designation