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Partial Negligence Does Not Prevent Court from Granting Summary Judgment in Labor Law 240 Case


by Brian S. Gitnik View Biography
Clausen Miller PC View Firm Credentials
New York Office

June 16, 2008

Previously published on May 2008

In a continuing effort to clarify the boundaries of New York's Labor Law Section 240, the Appellate Division, First Department recently held a plaintiff's partial negligence, which may have contributed to Plaintiff's accident, is not a bar to proving liability against Defendants in the context of a Labor Law 240 action.


 

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