Sand Traps Not Just a Danger to Your Golf Game In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed a Supreme Court, Queens County decision that granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment as to his Labor Law § 241(6) cause of action as...
“When Does ‘Maintenance’ End and ‘Work’ Begin?”
Questions of Fact Regarding Covered Activities Preclude Summary Judgment One of the first questions that comes up when examining a Labor Law case is whether the plaintiff was engaged in a “covered activity” as contemplated by the statute. In a recent decision, the...
Falling Not Required
Scaffold Basket Prevented Plaintiff From Falling, Summary Judgment Still Granted In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department modified a Supreme Court, Suffolk County decision that inter alia granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment as to his...
Case Update: “Alliteration Part II”
Author of Labor Law Periodical Still Very Excited about Labor Law *confetti* We have a case update! And our 150th Labor Law Submission! *confetti* You’ll recall from our submission, “Alliteration Part II”, we wrote about window washers and the labor law. In that...
Bull**it
Bovine Excrement Results in Summary Judgment in Labor Law § 240(1) Case Sometimes it’s figuratively bull**it. Sometimes it’s literally bulls**it. In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department revered a Supreme Court, Orange County decision that...
Superior Court Finds Lower UM/UIM Elections Valid For Life of Policy
In the recent case of Goodville Mut. Cas. Co. v. McNear, 2025 PA Super 48 (2025), the Superior Court was asked to decide whether insurers are required to obtain a new uninsured/underinsured (“UM/UIM”) elections of lower limits waiver each time a new vehicle is added...
Brace Yourself
Rube Goldberg Machine Accidents Do Not Automatically Fall Under Labor Law § 240(1) In a recent decision, the Supreme Court, New York County dismissed plaintiff’s Labor Law § 240(1) claim as to all defendants. That same decision granted plaintiff’s motion for summary...
Into the Ring
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Upholds Position that Litigation is Inherently Adversarial, and that Usual Discovery Dealings Aren’t Enough to Substantiate a Violation of 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8371 In Melissa Rocco v. Farmers...
Season 2, Ep. 2: Deny, Delay, and Defend: Inside New Jersey’s Bad Faith Claims
In this episode, host Scott Tredwell welcomes Jeff Stanton, Michael Ellery, Robert Cahall, and Igor Konstankevich for an in-depth discussion on bad faith insurance claims and how they are handled in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The conversation explores the evolving...