How to Lower the Cost of Construction in New York? Demolish New York’s Scaffold Law
Posted: February 20th, 2018
Tags: construction, insurance, negligence
It is absolutely time to revisit and revise New York State’s absolute liability standard imposed upon contractors and owners for construction-related accidents. New York Labor Law Sections 240 and 241, colloquially referred to as the “Scaffold Law,” impose a strict liability standard on contractors and owners for elevation/gravity related accidents. Unlike other personal injury matters, […]