Category: FCH News

Appellate Division, First Department Affirms Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Claims Pursuant to Labor Law §§240(1) and 241(6) in Construction Accident Involving Fall From Ladder

In a decision entered February 14, 2019, the Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously affirmed the granting of summary judgment to... View Article

Court Grants Defendant Port Authority’s Pre-Answer Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Labor Law §§240(1) and 241(6) Claims By Holding That Port Authority is Not Subject to New York’s Labor Law

In a decision dated January 4, 2019, the Hon. Barbara Jaffe granted our client the defendant Port Authority of New... View Article

Appellate Division, Second Department Affirms Dismissal of Bicyclist’s Lawsuit Against the City of New York and General Contractor Defendants

In a decision dated January 9, 2019, the Appellate Division, Second Department, affirmed the granting of summary judgment to our... View Article

Court Denies Plaintiffs’ Motion for Protective Order and to Quash Subpoena Holding That IME WatchDog Records Are Not Privileged and Must Be Produced to Defendants

In a decision dated January 4, 2019, the Hon. Lucy Billings denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a protective order and... View Article

We are pleased to announce that Scott L. Glazer has become a Partner of the firm.

On November 5, Thomas J. Hall presented at JT Magen’s Safety Seminar the program entitled “Best Practices for Serious/Catastrophic Accident Investigations,” in New York, New York.

In Construction Accident Cases Involving Two Injured Plaintiffs, Court Awards Defendants Summary Judgment on Contractual Indemnity Claims, Dismisses Plaintiffs’ Labor Law §200 and Common Law Negligence Claims, Dismisses All Counterclaims and Denies Plaintiffs’ Motions for Summary Judgment on their Labor Law §240(1) Claims

In two decisions dated October 25, 2018, involving two related cases arising from the same construction accident, the Hon. David... View Article

On October 23, 2018, Thomas J. Hall presented at Grace Industries LLC/Haugland Energy Group LLC’s seminar entitled “Contractual Risk Transfer in New York,” in Plainview, New York.

We are pleased to welcome our newest valued client, Tokio Marine HCC.

On July 30 and 31, Stephen M. Cohen presented at E-J Electric Installation Co.’s 2018 Safety Seminar the program entitled “Best Practices for Accident Investigations,” in New York, New York.