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A New York appellate court held there was conflicting evidence as to whether the plaintiff’s employer had the right to exercise control over a construction worker who was performing sheetrock work at the employer’s premises. Accordingly, the trial court did not err when it refused to grant a summary judgment motion filed by the defendant sheetrock worker who had been sued by the plaintiff for injuries she sustained when she was struck by a sheetrock panel. The appellate court acknowledged that the plaintiff could not maintain a civil action against the construction worker if he was properly characterized as a special employee of the plaintiff’s own employer. The court agreed, however, that the defendant had failed to make a prima facie showing that he was under the purported special employer’s control. The issue would move forward for determination by the trial court.
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See Leonard v. Wenz, 2021 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3747 (2d Dept., June 10, 2021)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 111.01.
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