Road Less Traveled Makes All the Difference for Labor Law § 240(1) Claim Two paths diverged on a yellow scaffold, And sorry I could not travel both And be one construction worker, long I stood And looked down one with a ladder as far as I could To where it ended in...
Unidentified Falling Objects
First Department Finds UFOs Sufficient to Uphold Labor Law § 240(1) Claim In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, First Department modified a lower court order that denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment as to Labor Law § 240(1), and denied defendants’...
Well, This is Awkward
No One is Above the Labor Law, Not Even the Courts In a recent decision, the Supreme Court, Richmond County found itself as a defendant in a Labor Law action. In Ramnarine v. Staten Island Supreme Court, et al. (2024 NY Slip OP 50231(U)), plaintiff alleged that while...
Introducing McCormick & Priore’s Pennsylvania First-Party Property Damage Claims Department
Our firm is proud to announce our newly established First-Party Property Damage Claims Department. The attorneys in this department have extensive years of experience defending carriers in first-party property damage disputes. We are equipped to represent carriers in...
Leilani Brown joins McCormick & Priore, P.C. as an Associate Attorney in the Philadelphia Office
Leilani Brown joins McCormick & Priore, P.C. as an associate attorney in the Philadelphia Office. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Brown worked as an associate with an insurance defense law firm in Philadelphia, PA. At her prior firm, Ms. Brown assisted in cases...
“Slippery When Plastic”
Court of Appeals Rejects “Which of These Is Not Like the Others” Argument In traditional mob movies, when someone walks into a room with plastic covering the floor it’s never a good sign. A recent Court of Appeals decision shows us that it’s not great on the floor at...
“He Said, He Said.”
Second Department Determines Reliable Historian Talked His Way into Question of Fact Sometimes all a plaintiff needs to say is that the ladder moved, and plaintiff fell off of it, to establish prima facie entitlement to summary judgment in a Labor Law § 240(1) case. ...
“Pivot!”
First Department Holds that Plaintiff’s Labor Law § 240(1) Claim Fits the Mold If you’ve ever seen Friends, you know that you don’t help Ross move heavy objects up a staircase and, as the First Department reminds us, you don’t do it without a hoist. In DaSilva v. Toll...
Inside the Lawyers Studio Podcast – Ep 4: New York and trials with Shari Belitz and Michael J. Shields
Our host, Scott J. Tredwell is joined by Shari Belitz of Shari Belitz Communications and Michael J. Shields to discuss New York issues, evaluating cases, jury selection, verdicts, and more. Shari Belitz of Shari Belitz Communications can be contacted at...
