Legal Opinion
Costa v. State of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 26, 2016PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Saxe, J.
This appeal raises the issue of whether New York State, despite its status as the owner of Pier 40 in Hudson River Park, can avoid an owner’s absolute liability under the Labor Law by reliance on the legislature’s turnover of the stewardship — but technically not ownership — of the property to a public benefit corporation.
On March 22, 2013, claimant Modesto Costa, a construction worker hired by Padilla Construction Services to perform the stair renovation on a stair renovation project inside a building located at Pier 40, was injured when a metal beam collapsed and…
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- Sanatass v. Consolidated Investing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 2008
- Coleman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
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