Workers Compensation

New York Insurance Coverage Labor Law Scaffold Law

Appellate Division, First Department

Uncategorized

Santacruz v. 58 Gerry St. LLC — First Department Parses Multi-Party Scaffold Law Liability, Anti-Subrogation Doctrine, and Workers’ Compensation Bar

/ June 27, 2026

The Appellate Division, First Department modified a multi-party construction accident ruling, addressing Labor Law § 240(1), § 241(6), and § 200 claims alongside complex third-party indemnification issues including the anti-subrogation doctrine and the Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 grave-injury bar.

New York Labor Law Personal Injury & Tort Scaffold Law

Appellate Division, First Department

Uncategorized

Martin v. Poe Affiliates — Shared Insurance and Co-Location Do Not Make Entities Alter Egos for Workers’ Comp Exclusivity

/ June 13, 2026

First Department affirms Labor Law § 240(1) summary judgment and rejects a Workers’ Compensation exclusivity defense, holding that shared insurance and the same building location do not prove alter ego status between a property owner, manager, and general contractor.