For more than 25 years Ben Rubinowitz has volunteered his time teaching younger, less experienced lawyers and law students how to try cases. Based on his expertise, Mr. Rubinowitz was asked to Chair the New York State Bar Association Program on Construction Site Accidents. This is an honor bestowed on…
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Ben Rubinowitz: Opening Statement in a New York Construction Accident Case
For more than 25 years Ben Rubinowitz has volunteered his time teaching younger, less experienced lawyers and law students how to try cases. Based on his expertise, Mr. Rubinowitz was asked to Chair the New York State Bar Association Program on Construction Site Accidents. This is an honor bestowed on…
Chris Sallay: Key Investigation and Case Preparation in a New York Construction Accident Case
Christopher L. Sallay, a partner at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, lectures on behalf of the New York State Bar Association at the December 2, 2011 CLE Seminar “Construction Site Accidents: The Law and the Trial”. Mr. Sallay discusses the Key Investigation and Case Preparation that…
Lawsuit filed in New York construction accident death
The family of Javier Salinas — the 36-year-old construction worker from Danbury, Connecticut who in October fell more than 50 feet to his death at the Chelsea Piers construction site in New York City — is suing his former employer, the worksite general contractors and the owners of the property…
Howard Hershenhorn: Opening Statements 2 (2009)
This presentation is part of the New York State Bar Association Construction Site Accidents seminar 2009 In this segment Howard completes the opening for plaintiff followed by the opening for defendant. This years program will be held State Wide in December. Ben Rubinowitz will chair the seminar in Melville, New…
Howard Hershenhorn: Opening Statements 1 (2009)
This presentation is part of the New York State Bar Association Construction Site Accidents seminar 2009. This years program will be held State Wide in December. See our prior post: Labor Law/Construction Site Accidents in New York for details. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjAY3-450mw
Construction Accident Law-New York Court of Appeals Dismisses Construction Worker’s 240(1) Claim
In Salazar v.Novalex Contracting Corp., et al., decided on November 21, 2011, The New York Court of Appeals in a 4-3 decision granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing a construction worker’s 240(1) claim. The plaintiff suffered injury while working in the basement of a building undergoing renovation. The facts…
Labor Law/Construction Site Accidents in New York
Howard S. Hershenhorn Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz Christopher Sallay Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz Howard S. Hershenhorn will serve as Overall Planning Chair and Christopher L. Sallay will serve as Assistant Chair of the New York Bar Association‘s Labor Law/Construction Site…
New York Court of Appeals Declines To Adopt The Same Level Rule In Construction Accident
In a must read case The New York Court of Appeals in Wilinski v. 334 East 92nd Housing Development Fund Corp., et al., decided October 25, 2011, 2011 NY Slip Op 7477, held that; “Some New York courts have interpreted our decision in Misseritti v Mark IV Constr. Co. (86…
New York Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal Of Construction Worker’s 240(1) Claim
In a 3-2 decision The New York Appellate Division, 3d Department, in GROVE v. CORNELL UNIVERSITY et al., 75 A.D.3d 718; 904 N.Y.S.2d 559; 2010, denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on his 2401(1) claim while granting defendants’ cross motion dismissing the claim holding that plaintiff’s own negligent conduct was,…