New York Court of Appeals

Keith Bauer v. Female Academy of the Sacred Heart, and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Environmental Service…

March 26, 200297 N.Y.2d 445

Summary

The Court held that a window cleaner may pursue both Labor Law § 202 and § 240(1) claims and that § 202 is governed by comparative negligence rather than strict liability, reinstating the § 240(1) claim and remitting the case for further proceedings on that issue.