{"id":3424,"date":"2022-06-30T14:12:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T18:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2022-06-30T14:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T18:12:54","slug":"court-discusses-liability-under-new-yorks-scaffold-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/court-discusses-liability-under-new-yorks-scaffold-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Discusses Liability Under New York\u2019s Scaffold Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, people who suffer harm in the workplace cannot pursue personal injury claims against their employers and instead are limited to recovering workers\u2019 compensation benefits. They can seek damages from other parties that may be responsible for their harm, however. Further, in some instances, the law allows for the absolute imposition of liability for harm suffered while working. This was illustrated in a recent New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/reporter\/3dseries\/2022\/2022_02968.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a> in which the court granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff due to the defendant\u2019s violation of New York\u2019s scaffold law. If you were injured in an accident caused by another party\u2019s negligence, you might be owed damages, and it is smart to meet with a Syracuse personal injury attorney to assess your rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is reported that the plaintiff, who worked for a plumbing company, suffered injuries when he fell while installing a shower curtain rod in a bathroom. He did not have adequate room to use an A-frame ladder and instead stood on the rim of the bathtub. The bathroom did not have artificial lighting and was dim. The plaintiff struck his head on the rod and fell to the floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allegedly, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the general contractor and lessee, asserting, among other things, that there were liable under New york&#8217;s scaffold law. The court granted the motion with regard to the scaffold law claim, and the defendants appealed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/court-discusses-liability-under-new-yorks-scaffold-law\/#more-3424\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, people who suffer harm in the workplace cannot pursue personal injury claims against their employers and instead are limited to recovering workers\u2019 compensation benefits. They can seek damages from other parties that may be responsible for their harm, however. Further, in some instances, the law allows for the absolute imposition of liability for harm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Court Discusses Liability Under New York\u2019s Scaffold Law &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; June 30, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Generally, people who suffer harm in the workplace cannot pursue personal injury claims against their employers and instead are limited to recovering &#8212; June 30, 2022\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/court-discusses-liability-under-new-yorks-scaffold-law\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Court Discusses Liability Under New York\u2019s Scaffold Law &#8212; 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