Legal Opinion
Cammon v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 2, 1999PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Nardelli, J.
We decide in this appeal that this State’s Labor Law’s strict liability provisions have not been preempted by the Federal maritime law and that New York State has the right to continue to regulate safe construction practices in its navigable waters concurrently with the application of the Federal maritime law.
Plaintiff Willie Gammon is a construction worker who was employed by third-party defendant Macro Enterprises, Inc. when he was injured while engaged in renovation and reconstruction work on a rehabilitation project at the South Bronx Marine Transfer…
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