TAYLOR v. PORT AUTH. OF N.Y. & N.J.

10045, 20038/13E.

176 A.D.3d 475 (2019)

112 N.Y.S.3d 94

2019 NY Slip Op 07336

Richard Taylor, Respondent, v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Appellant.

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

Decided October 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Furman Kornfeld & Brennan, LLP, New York ( A. Michael Furman of counsel), for appellant.

Hofmann & Schweitzer, New York ( Timothy F. Schweitzer of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kern, Oing, Singh, JJ.


Plaintiff alleges that he was injured while working on a construction project at Port Newark in New Jersey. Accordingly, the parties to this appeal agree that substantive New Jersey law applies (see Aviles v Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 202 A.D.2d 45 [1st Dept 1994]), and that, for the purpose of this case, defendant is the de facto landowner of the property on which plaintiff's incident occurred (see Estate of Desir ex rel...

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