10/5/2026 3:56:53 PM Sole Proximate Cause Survives: First Department Reverses Plaintiff's § 240(1) Win Where Foreman Controlled Trench Bracing By Artie Venti In the recently decided Veliu v. Verizon New York Inc. (2026), the First Department reversed a New York County Supreme Court decision...
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...
9/22/2026 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...
6/9/2026 7:19:25 PM Court of Appeals Clarifies Industrial Code Specificity Under Section 241(6) By Adeel Jamaluddin The New York Court of Appeals recently issued its decision in Mann v. Mezuyon, LLC, resolving a longstanding split among the Appellate...
6/1/2026 5:00:00 PM Recent Second Department Decision Clarifies Former Owner Liability in Labor Law and Premises Liability Claims By Brian Greenfield A recent Second Department decision, Quintero v. MBH Capital, LLC, provides a useful reminder for construction-site and...