Gruenewald v. 132 West 31st St. Realty Corp.

Full title: MANFRED E. GRUENEWALD, Respondent, v. 132 WEST 31ST STREET REALTY CORP.…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 6, 1994

205 A.D.2d 498 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

613 N.Y.S.2d 39

Opinion

June 6, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gowan, J.).

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is granted.

The relief enumerated in Labor Law § 740 was intended by the Legislature to be the exclusive remedies available to a plaintiff (see, Labor Law § 740). Since Labor Law § 740 (5) does not authorize recovery for punitive damages, the plaintiff's demand for that relief should have been dismissed (see, Hoffman v Altana, Inc., 198 A.D.2d 210). Thompson, J.P., Rosenblatt, Ritter, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.