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"Recalcitrant Worker" Defense to NY Labor Law § 240(1) a After Biaca-Neto

The New York Court of Appeals has just erected “new and impossible barrier[s]” for defendants to obtain summary judgment in personal injury cases arising under New York’s Labor Law. On February 18, 2020, the Court of Appeals issued a 4-3 decision in...
By: Harris Beach PLLC
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/recalcitrant-worker-defense-to-ny-labor-93099/

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