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  • Is Being Free Of Fault Necessary To Be Awarded Summary Judgment On Liability In An Automobile Case? (NY)

    Though automobile accidents, large and small, are things we try to avoid at all costs, sometimes they do happen. If there is competing testimony in a case as to how a car accident did happen, summary judgment on liability may be ruled out. Recently, in Golovnya v. Artemchenko, 210 A.D.3d, (2d Dep’t November 30, 2022), […]

  • Health Club Found Not Liable For Infectious Disease Claim (NY)

    Generally, a property owner in New York has a duty to maintain the property in a reasonably safe condition. To hold a defendant liable for a breach of this duty, a plaintiff must establish as part of his or her case that the defective condition existed and was a proximate cause of the alleged injury. […]

  • No Dram Shop Liability for Pennsylvania Employers Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Employees (PA)

    Work-sponsored outings and events are normally seen as a much-welcomed reprieve from the old “9-5”. However, when alcohol is involved, Pennsylvania employers have potential liability to third parties who are injured by suffer at the hands of an intoxicated employee. In Klar v. Dairy Farmers of America Inc., the Superior Court of Pennsylvania addressed the […]

  • Summary Judgment Denied For Vehicle Struck From Behind Where Proximate Cause Was An Issue (NY)

    The general rule in New York for rear-end accidents with a vehicle that is stopped or stopping is that there is a rebuttable presumption of negligence on the part of the driver that hits the vehicle in front of them. Accidents involving multiple vehicles can involve competing testimony and questions of fact that can make […]

  • Labor Law 240(1) Does Not Apply To Scaffold Accident Where Fall Was Caused by Separate Hazard (NY)

    New York Labor Law section 240, the so called “Scaffold Law”, imposes strict liability on property owners and contractors where a construction worker sustains an elevation-related injury. However, section 240 does not apply to all worksite hazards and courts will examine the specific facts to determine if the section will apply. For example, in Krarunzhiy […]

  • What Is A Passageway Under NY Labor Law?” (NY)

    When a plaintiff alleges a Labor Law 241(6) predicated upon a New York City Rules & Regulations code, the plaintiff must establish a prima facie case that the NYCRR is violated. For example, in Stewart v. Brookfield Off. Props. Inc., 2023 NY Slip Op 00226 (2d Dep’t January 18, 2023), the plaintiff allegedly fell at […]