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Property Owners Workplace Safety Appeals

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Workers' Compensation Exclusivity Does Not Prevent Claims Against Employer's Officers as Landlords

For employers, workers' compensation laws act as both a sword and a shield. While injured employees do not have to prove negligence resulting in the injury, they cannot sue the employer for personal injury outside of the...more

Goldberg Segalla

Slip Sliding Away: NY Court of Appeals Expands the Scope of Slipping Hazards under Industrial Code § 23-1.7(d)

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The New York Court of Appeals recently expanded the types of hazards encompassed by Industrial Code § 23-1.7(d). In so doing, the court increased the likelihood of Labor Law § 241(6) liability for property owners, contractors...more

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