Legal Opinion
Alderman v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided March 30, 1988No. Claim No. 72268PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edwin Margolis, J.
The principal question presented by this motion is whether section 240 of the Labor Law, which by its express terms applies to situations in which a worker is injured while using a scaffold to perform work on a building or structure, also *511applies to situations in which a worker is injured in the process of constructing or dismantling a scaffold so used. The relevant portion of section 240 (the first para of sub [1]) reads as follows: "All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and two-family dwellings who contract for but do not…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Bland v. ManocherianNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Haimes v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Long v. Forest-FehlhaberNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Labodin v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997