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AN EPIPHANY
As they were painting the walls of the RC Church of Epiphany, Manuel Jimenez and other workers fell after their scaffold shifted. When they later filed suit, the Kings County Supreme Court found the Church liable for violating New York State's Labor Laws. Because the guys showed that the Church...
FREE FALLIN'
As some wood was being lowered from an upper floor, a plank broke free and fractured construction worker Jose Arnaud's wrist and fingers. After Arnaud sued the building's owner, and the site's general contractor, the Bronx County Supreme Court refused to find a Labor Law violation. Since state law...
A CAKE WALK?
Ronald Ryan was carrying a cake down a hallway at the Richmond County Yacht Club and fell when he missed a couple of steps. After he filed a personal-injury lawsuit, the Richmond County Supreme Court granted the Yacht Club's request to have the case dismissed. Since the Club didn't have a duty to...
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
During the course of a visit to the Bethpage Public Library, Geraldine Beck tripped and fell over a cart. She later sued the library, and the Bethpage Union Free School District, in Nassau County Supreme Court alleging negligence. (While Beck claimed the cart's placement created a dangerous...
A SCALDING OUTCOME
Left without heat and hot water, Kimberly Horn had to boil water on all four of her stove burners and it wasn't long before two pots of hot water spilled on her. When she later sued her landlord alleging that his failure to provide heat and hot water caused her injuries, the Supreme Court of Kings...