Coombs v. Izzo General Contracting, Inc.

Plaintiff, a superintendent of a building that was undergoing demolition and construction, is not within the class of persons entitled to invoke the protection of Labor Law § 240 (1) and § 241 (6). Although an individual need not actually be engaged in physical labor to be entitled to coverage under the Labor Law, plaintiff did not perform work integral or necessary to the *469completion of the construction project, nor was he “a member of a team that undertook an enumerated activity under a construction contract” (Prats v Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 100 NY2d 878, 882 [2003]). As superintendent of…