The Chicago Tribune reported on July 7 that in addition to OSHA, “the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday it will investigate the deadly collision on Walt Disney World’s monorail, an unprecedented move by a federal agency best known for probing airline crashes.”
Fall Was The Result Of Elevated Related Risk
July 5, 2013
In, NICOMETI v. THE VINEYARDS OF FREDONIA, LLC (June 2013) the Fourth Department held that contrary to the contention of defendants, the Supreme Court properly concluded that plaintiff’s fall was the result of an elevation-related risk for which Labor Law § 240 (1) provides protection.