New York Court of Appeals Will Hear Yet Another Scaffold Law Appeal

The New York Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in yet another Labor Law sec. 240(1) case this month — Berg v. Albany Ladder Co.  In Berg, the plaintiff was hurt during the course of unloading steel trusses from a flatbed truck at a construction site.  The Appellate Division, Third Department Majority determined that the accident wasnot caused by the lack of a required safety device but, rather, by the improper movement of the trusses moved by a forklift.

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