8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 44 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Russin v. Louis N. Picciano & Son.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russin v. Louis N. Picciano & Son Anchor | green | “the authority to control the activity bringing about the injury to enable it to avoid or correct an unsafe condition” | 9 |
| 2 | Comes v. New York State Electric & Gas Corp. | green | “is a codification of the common-law duty imposed upon an owner or general contractor to provide construction site workers with a safe place to work” | 7 |
| 3 | Russin v. Louis N. Picciano & Son | green | “an implicit precondition to this duty to provide a safe place to work is that the party charged with that responsibility have the authority to control the activity bringing about the injury to enable it to avoid or correct an unsafe condition” | 6 |
| 4 | Russin v. Louis N. Picciano & Son | green | “have the authority to control the activity bringing about the injury to enable it to avoid or correct an unsafe condition” | 6 |
| 5 | Rizzuto v. L.A. Wenger Contracting Co. | green | “have the authority to control the activity bringing about the injury to enable it to avoid or correct an unsafe condition” | 5 |
| 6 | Kowalsky v. Conreco Company | green | “an employee cannot recover for injuries received while doing an act to eliminate the cause of the injury.” | 4 |
| 7 | Bombero v. NAB Construction Corp. | green | “readily observed by reasonable use of the senses in light of the worker's age, intelligence and experience.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.