Two recent decisions by the Court of Appeals, Wilinski v. 334 East 92nd Housing Development Fund Corp., 18 NY3d 1 (2011) and Ortiz v. Varsity Holdings, LLC, —NY3d—, 2011 WL6338897 (2011), are significant for expanding workers’ protection under Labor Law §240(1). However, the failure of the Court of Appeals to grant summary judgment to the plaintiffs in these cases is inconsistent with established case law.
Labor Law §240(1) provides:
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