Blake v. Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “the phrase ‘strict (or absolute) liability’ in the Labor Law § 240(1) context is different from the use of the term elsewhere” and explaining that section 240(1) requires proof of causation
• stating that “the phrase ‘strict (or absolute) liability’ in the Labor Law § 240(1) context is different from the use of the term elsewhere” and explaining that section 240(1) requires proof of causation
• stating that “the phrase ‘strict (or 27 absolute) liability’ in the Labor Law § 240(1) context is 28 different from the use of the term elsewhere” and explaining 19 1 that section 240(1) requires proof of causation
• discussing “strict” or “absolute” liability under NYLL § 240(1), and concluding that imposition of liability was contingent on finding that statutory violation was proximate cause of injury, among other things
• “[T]he issue of whether a particular safety device provided proper protection is generally a question of fact for the jury”
• Docket No. 30, Pl. Memo. at 4

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).