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· 4/5/2005

Toefer v. Long Islan Rail Road

Citations

  • 828 N.E.2d 614
  • 4 N.Y.3d 399
  • 795 N.Y.S.2d 511

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “[a] four-to-five-foot descent from a flatbed trailer or similar surface does not present the sort of elevation-related risk that triggers Labor Law § 240(1)’s coverage”
  • “A four-to- 3 five-foot descent from a flatbed trailer or similar surface does not present the sort of elevation- 4 related risk that triggers Labor Law § 240(1)’s coverage.”
  • assigning no liability in the absence of any height differential

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Judges: Smith

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