Case: Individual Employment Rights/Negligence (NY)

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a driller’s state labor law and common-law negligence claims against site owner Mezuyon, LLC, holding that the applicable state industrial code is insufficiently specific to impose vicarious liability because it contains only broad prohibitions against working in areas where workers may be endangered by excavation equipment without mandating concrete specifications or specific actions required to address the safety concerns.

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