ZAHER v. SHOPWELL, INC.


18 A.D.3d 339 (2005)

795 N.Y.S.2d 223

CHARLES ZAHER et al., Appellants, v. SHOPWELL, INC., Doing Business as FOOD EMPORIUM, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 24, 2005.


The term "owner" within the meaning of article 10 of the Labor Law encompasses a "person who has an interest in the property and who fulfilled the role of owner by contracting to have work performed for his benefit" (Copertino v Ward, 100 A.D.2d 565, 566 [1984]). The statute may also apply to a lessee, where the lessee has the right or authority to control the work site, even if the lessee...

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