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New York Court of Appeals' Hears Oral Argument on Scaffold Law This Session

By Matthew Lerner

New York Civil Law posted about Affri v. Basch earlier this year.  The appeal will be argued this Session.  The Appellate Division decision does not reveal much as to what the novel issue concerns.  As what can be discerned from the terse Appellate Division decision, the issue surrounds the homeowner's exception to Labor Law sec. 240(1).  Affri seems to concern whether the homeowners' aesthetic decisions and general supervisory work regarding the project precluded them from enjoying the homeowner's exception.  When the Court's argument summaries are released, I'll write more about this appeal.

Full post as published by New York Civil Law on October 06, 2009 (boomark / email).