Notwithstanding the dearth of Court of Appeals Labor Law §240 decisions on falling objects in the last several years, the law has been the subject of much discussion of late, mainly in the form of a flurry of articles on reform efforts appearing in the New York Law Journal and other news sources.

Despite these reform efforts, the statute has not been repealed or amended. It is therefore a good time to examine the latest trend in some New York courts in falling object cases.

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