New York Labor Law

Lewis Brisbois recognizes the significant exposures as well as the complex and specific defense requirements of New York Labor Law cases. The attorneys in our New York Labor Law Practice offer clients the benefit of extensive experience, unique insights, and vast resources developed as a result of defending these construction matters over several decades. We maintain a diverse client base that includes owners and developers of residential buildings, commercial buildings, and sports complexes, as well as municipalities, contractors, construction managers, insurers, and brokers

With deep and varied experience in the New York Labor Law arena, our lawyers work with clients to devise strategies for addressing claims that often involve significant economic damage allegations, unionized and non-unionized labor issues, high salaries, as well as significant benefits and pensions. Similarly, we advise clients on effective techniques for defending catastrophic injury claims that arise from serious construction accidents, and we also address loss transfer strategies involving owner-controlled insurance programs (OCIP), contractor-controlled insurance programs (CCIP), and non-wrap projects. Our lawyers regularly work with a network of talented and experienced experts who assist us in these matters.

The attorneys in our New York Labor Law Practice consistently achieve our clients' objectives by designing approaches that are specifically tailored to their needs in the following areas:

Defense of claims involving unionized and non-unionized labor issues;
Defense of catastrophic injury claims;
Loss transfer matters in OCIP, CCIP, and non-wrap projects;
Defense of claims arising from the use of scaffold systems, shoring, as well as demolition and heavy machinery in industrial, commercial, and residential projects;
Interpretation and litigation of claims arising out of indemnity agreements and additional insured endorsements; and
Defense of claims arising under New York Labor Law Sections 200, 241(6), and 240(1).

Representative Clients

American Airlines (JFK Airport)
CAC Industries, Inc
Campus, LLC
Canatal Steel
Clean Harbors
Clune Construction Co.
Delta Airlines (LGA and JFK)
Dragados USA
Extell Development Company
Hunter Roberts Construction
Hunt Construction Group (Barclay Center, USTA National Tennis Center)
Judlau Contracting, Inc.
Leeding Builders Group LLC
The Long Island Railroad
The Marcus Organization
Metro North
The New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
NYC School Construction Authority
Public Insurance Service Company
Terry Contracting & Materials
Tishman Construction Company
Tishman Speyer
TSX Broadway
United States Tennis Association (Arthur Ashe Stadium)
Urban Atelier Group

Representative Insurance Carriers, Brokers, and Third-Party Administrators

AIG
AIG Excess
Alliant
Allied World Assurance Company
AON
Arch
AxaXL
AxaXL Excess
Axis US Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Broadspire
Chubb
Chubb Excess
Crawford and Co.
ESIS
Gallagher Bassett
Great American Insurance
Hartford Insurance Company
HDI Global Insurance
Hudson Insurance Company
Intact Insurance
Ironshore Claims
Lexington Insurance
Liberty International Underwriters,
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Markel Insurance
Sedgewick
Sompo International
Starr Companies
Starr Excess
Travelers Property and Casualty
Willis
Zurich American Insurance Company
Zurich Excess

Representative Matters

Barclays Center – Brooklyn, New York
Arthur Ashe Stadium – Queens, New York
Deutsche Bank Fire – Lower Manhattan, New York
Con Edison Steam Pipe Explosion – Midtown Manhattan, New York
“Black Sunday” Firefighter Tragedy – Bronx, New York
Legionnaires Outbreak Cases – Bronx, New York
Secured an appellate victory on behalf of municipal clients when the New York Appellate Division, Second Department, dismissed a possible seven-figure construction claim brought under New York’s Labor Law 240(1), the “Scaffold Law."

For more information about Lewis Brisbois' New York Labor Law Practice, please contact Alan Kaminsky, Gregory Katz, and Darrell Whiteley.