4/17/2026 5:04:30 PM New First Department Decision Limits Labor Law § 240(1) Exposure in Trench Excavations By Brian Greenfield In Veloso v. City of New York, decided April 9, 2026, the Court unanimously affirmed summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's...
4/8/2026 3:26:31 PM First Department Reinforces Limits of Labor Law § 240(1) in Electrical Blast Ladder-Fall Case By Brian Greenfield A recent First Department decision, Arias v. Brooks Holdings Corp., decided March 26, 2026, is worth attention for anyone handling New...
4/3/2026 11:43:28 PM Second Department Decision Addresses FAA Preemption and New York Labor Law By Brian Greenfield A recent Second Department decision, Fabia v. Power Authority of the State of New York (March 18, 2026), is worth close attention for...
4/2/2026 3:34:43 PM Catastrophe Avoided—But Perils Remain: The Real Impact of the Amended AVOID Act By Adeel Jamaluddin Recently, we wrote about new legislation in New York known as the AVOID Act. At the time, the statute—as originally enacted—promised...
3/12/2026 7:58:57 PM Special Employment and Workers' Compensation Exclusivity in Payroll Service Arrangements By Brian Greenfield The Appellate Division, Second Department, recently issued a significant decision addressing special employment and Workers' Compensation...
2/27/2026 9:42:59 PM First Department Clarifies Scope of Industrial Code 'Passageway' Provision By Brian Greenfield The First Department recently issued a decision worth noting for practitioners handling New York Labor Law litigation. In Lacruise v....
10/16/2025 6:30:57 PM Stage an Accident on a Construction Site in NYS? Still NOT a Felony By Adeel Jamaluddin Fraud in the New York construction industry in the form of staged accidents, exaggerated claims, and unnecessary or excessive treatment...
10/10/2025 7:03:29 PM Appellate Division and Court of Appeals - Conflict? By Adeel Jamaluddin The Appellate Division, First Department, recently reaffirmed a doctrine that often gets lost in the shuffle. In Murillo v Downtown NYC...
4/7/2025 11:49:56 PM Labor Law Section 240 - No Fooling Around By Adeel Jamaluddin On April 1, 2025, the Appellate Division affirmed the lower court's granting of the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on his Labor...