Marston v. General Electric Co.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Hall Jr., J.), entered July 9, 2013 in Washington County, which, among other things, denied a motion by defendant URS Corporation to dismiss the complaint against it.

Jeffrey Harbison (hereinafter decedent), an employee of defendant URS Corporation, was assigned to perform archeological surveys in connection with defendant General Electric Company’s dredging project in the Hudson River. When a boat he was operating on the river as part of his employment duties lost power and was swept over the Thompson Island Dam, decedent drowned. Plaintiff, his…