New York’s ”scaffold law” does not automatically make employers liable for injuries their workers suffer in on-the-job falls, the state’s highest court said in a sharply divided ruling Thursday.
State Labor Law §240(1), referred along with the §241 portion of the statute as the “scaffold law,” generally holds employers responsible for providing workers with safety procedures and devices to protect them from falls or falling objects in the workplace.
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