Susan M Jaffe

Susan M Jaffe

February 01, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Two Rulings Regarding Ramps

In this Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot and Susan M. Jaffe write: The Court of Appeals is frequently called upon to make rulings concerning the scope and application of Labor Law §240, the so-called scaffold statute. It sometimes explains the grounds for its determinations in great detail. This column concerns a recent case in which the court went in, well, a different direction.

By Brian J. Shoot and Susan M. Jaffe

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