Scaffold Law reform costs under fire 
By Bernadette Starzee
POSTED: March 21, 2013
Tags: elevation-related injuries, reform costs, Scaffold Law
At a campaign last month to reform New York state’s Scaffold Law, lobby organizers presented legislators with plastic golden eggs. Inside was a fortune that read, “Of course the trial lawyers don’t want to lose their golden egg. Make them work for their money.” Advocates were referring to law suits brought under the Scaffold Law, [...]
Legislators aim for reform of Scaffold Law
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: April 9, 2012
Tags: Legislators, reform, Scaffold Law
Another Scaffold Law reform measure has been introduced in the legislature by Irondequoit Assemblyman Joseph Morelle and Elma Sen. Patrick Gallivan. Attempts to reform the law have been made since 2007. New York State Labor Law sections 240 and 241 impose liability on job site owners, or contractors, for accidents resulting in injuries to workers [...]
Fourth Department — Scaffold Law: Mazurett v. Rochester City School District
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 30, 2011
Tags: Appellate Division, Employee Conduct, Fourth Department, Scaffold Law
Appellate Division, Fourth Department Scaffold Law Employee Conduct Mazurett v. Rochester City School District CA 10-02273 Supreme Court, Monroe County Background: The plaintiffs commenced an action under the Labor Law seeking damages for injuries sustained when the plaintiff fell from a collapsing scaffold at a construction site on property owned by the defendant. The accident [...]
Scaffold Law: Harris v. Eastman Kodak Co.
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 19, 2011
Tags: Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Scaffold Law, summary judgment
Appellate Division, Fourth Department Scaffold Law Summary Judgment Harris v. Eastman Kodak Co. CA 10-2405 Appealed from Supreme Court, Monroe County Background: The plaintiff brought this action after he suffered injuries when he fell from a scaffold that was equipped with wheels. The plaintiff had been cutting a pipe. The pipe fell onto the plaintiff, [...]
Labor Law: Ozimek v. Holiday Valley Inc.
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 4, 2011
Tags: Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Labor Law, negligence, Scaffold Law
Appellate Division, Fourth Department Labor Law Scaffold Law — Negligence Ozimek v. Holiday Valley Inc. CA 10–02134 Appealed from Supreme Court, Chautauqua County Background: The appeals that are decided here are from an order that granted in part the motions of the defendants for summary judgment by dismissing the plaintiffs’ Labor Law §241(6) cause [...]
Labor Law: Johnson v. The Small Mall LLC
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 13, 2010
Tags: Appellate Division, Definition of ‘Scaffold’, Labor Law, Scaffold Law, Third Department
Appellate Division, Third Department Labor Law Scaffold Law — Definition of ‘Scaffold’ Johnson v. The Small Mall LLC 509963 Appealed from Supreme Court, Broome County Background: The plaintiff was injured while repairing roof trusses in the defendant’s building. To reach the trusses, repair workers walked on wooden joists located below and perpendicular to them. These [...]
Labor Law: Johnson v. The Small Mall LLC
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 10, 2010
Tags: Appellate Division, Definition of ‘Scaffold’, Labor Law, Scaffold Law, Third Department
Appellate Division, Third Department Labor Law Scaffold Law — Definition of ‘Scaffold’ Johnson v. The Small Mall LLC 509963 Appealed from Supreme Court, Broome County Background: The plaintiff was injured while repairing roof trusses in the defendant’s building. To reach the trusses, repair workers walked on wooden joists located below and perpendicular to them. These [...]
Labor Law: Gasques v. State of New York
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: October 22, 2010
Tags: Labor Law, New York State Court of Appeals, Scaffold Law
New York State Court of Appeals Labor Law Scaffold Law Gasques v. State of New York No. 156 Appealed from the Second Department Background: Claimant Wanderlei Gasques was injured while repainting the inside of a leg of the Kosciuszko Bridge, using a “spider scaffold.” His hand was injured when it became caught between the scaffold [...]
