Court Finds for City After Worker Suffers Accident at Shea Stadium

A New York state court has granted the City of New York’s motion for summary judgment dismissing all claims and cross-claims asserted against it in a case in which a worker, the plaintiff, was allegedly injured on May 4, 2006 at Shea Stadium.   A contractor, employed by Liro Kassner, Inc., claimed that he slipped and fell on a purported grease condition on a floor at Shea Stadium. The plaintiff alleged that the City was negligent in maintaining the concourse in near total darkness and pe