9/28/2026 3:14:21 PM Monday Morning Compliance: What Does § 240(1) Actually Ask of Owners and Contractors? By Adeel Jamaluddin While doing my weekly review of recent Labor Law decisions, I went down a rabbit hole. Most of my attention ordinarily goes to how courts...
9/24/2026 6:28:50 PM First Department: Drilling Holes to Run Telecommunications Cable Is Not a Labor Law § 240(1) "Alteration" By Brian Greenfield In Hearns v. Blended Family LLC (2026), the plaintiff was a telecommunications field technician installing wireless internet service at a...
9/23/2026 5:12:53 PM A Small Favor, a Big Claim: When Security Guards Go Beyond the Contract By Brian Taylor A security guard is asked by a cashier to help bring down an item from a tall shelf. He agrees, skips using a ladder, and gets hurt. He...
9/22/2026 1:58:44 PM Surf and Tort: First Department Rejects Scaffold-Surfing Defense Under Labor Law § 240 By Adeel Jamaluddin In Tobon v. Turner Constr. Co. (2026), decided in August, the Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed the lower court's grant of...
9/22/2026 1:54:53 PM A Three-Foot Fall is Not Automatically a Labor Law § 240(1) Case By Brian Greenfield In Digangi v New York City Sch. Constr. Auth. (2026), the plaintiff slipped on an icy step while exiting the cockpit of a compact track...