Benson v. Mastroianni Bros., Inc.

Full title: ROBERT A. BENSON, Respondent. v. MASTROIANNI BROS., INC., Appellant…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 2, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 5730 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

519689

07-02-2015

ROBERT A. BENSON, Respondent. v. MASTROIANNI BROS., INC., Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, PC, Albany (Scott C. Paton of counsel), for appellant. Bruce E. Knoll, Albany, for Robert A. Benson, respondent. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York City (Steven Koton of counsel), for Commissioner of Labor, respondent.

Lahtinen, J.P.

Before: , Garry, Lynch and Clark, JJ.

McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, PC, Albany (Scott C. Paton of counsel), for appellant.

Bruce E. Knoll, Albany, for Robert A. Benson, respondent.

Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York City (Steven Koton of counsel), for Commissioner of Labor, respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Lahtinen, J.P.

Appeals from two decisions of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 2, 2013, which ruled that Mastroianni Bros., Inc. was liable for additional unemployment insurance contributions on remuneration paid to claimant and others similarly situated.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is controlled by our decision in the companion case of Matter of Mastroianni Bros., Inc. (Commissioner of Labor) (___ AD3d ___ [2015] [decided herewith]). Substantial evidence supports the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board's decisions that claimant, a driver/distributor for Mastroianni Bros., Inc., was an employee for purposes of unemployment insurance.

Garry, Lynch and Clark, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the decisions are affirmed, without costs.