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Labor Law §240 — the Scaffold Law — imposes strict liability on property owners and general contractors for gravity-related injuries. If you fell from a scaffold, ladder, or elevated surface on a Queens job site, or if a falling object struck you, §240 almost certainly applies. The owner and GC cannot pass this liability to subcontractors.
Labor Law §241(6) requires owners and GCs to comply with the New York Industrial Code. Violations of specific code provisions — covering excavation, electrical hazards, fall protection, housekeeping, and equipment — create liability for injured workers.
Labor Law §200 codifies New York’s common law duty to maintain a safe workplace. It applies where an owner or GC had control over the work or knew of dangerous conditions and failed to address them.
Construction accident cases are won or lost on the project documents. The contract chain, subcontractor agreements, safety logs, OSHA citations, and daily reports tell the story of who was responsible for what, and when they knew about a hazard. Jordan Sakni’s background as a real estate developer means we know how to read those documents — and what to look for when they’re missing.
In a typical negligence case, the defense will argue your case down with comparative-fault arguments — that you weren’t paying attention, that you took a shortcut, that you should have known better. Under §240, those arguments generally cannot defeat the claim. That is why §240 cases tend to settle higher and earlier than negligence-only construction cases.
If you were injured on a construction site in Staten Island, call us for a free case evaluation. We handle all construction accident cases on contingency — no fee unless we recover.
