Legal Opinion
Venezia v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 2, 2008PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Labor Law § 241 (6) imposes a nondelegable duty of reasonable care upon an owner or general contractor to provide reasonable and adequate protection to workers on the premises (see Rizzuto v L.A. Wenger Contr. Co., 91 NY2d 343 [1998]). In order to establish liability under Labor Law § 241 (6), a claimant is required to establish a breach of a rule or regulation of the Industrial Code which gives a specific, positive command (see Singleton v Citnalta Constr. Corp., 291 AD2d 393, 394 [2002]).
*523Here, the claimant alleges that the State violated two provisions of the Industrial Code: 12 NYCRR…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Rizzuto v. L.A. Wenger Contracting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Ortega v. PucciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Chowdhury v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- O'SULLIVAN v. IDI Construction Company, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2006
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