Opinion
No. 2907 Index No. 101183/20 Case No. 2023-03150
10-29-2024
Anonymous, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anonymous et al., Defendants-Respondents.
Anonymous, appellant pro se. Walden Macht & Haran LLP, New York (Daniel Chirlin of counsel), for the Northeastern Team respondent. Guha PLLC, New York (Kelly Mcgee of counsel), for the Union respondent. Kobre & Kim LLP, New York (Steven G. Kobre of counsel), for the League respondent. Lewis Baach Kaufman Middlesmiss PLLC, New York (Elizabeth Velez of counsel), for the Southern Team respondent.
Anonymous, appellant pro se.
Walden Macht & Haran LLP, New York (Daniel Chirlin of counsel), for the Northeastern Team respondent.
Guha PLLC, New York (Kelly Mcgee of counsel), for the Union respondent.
Kobre & Kim LLP, New York (Steven G. Kobre of counsel), for the League respondent.
Lewis Baach Kaufman Middlesmiss PLLC, New York (Elizabeth Velez of counsel), for the Southern Team respondent.
Before: Singh, J.P., Pitt-Burke, Higgitt, Rosado, O'Neill Levy, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David B. Cohen, J.), entered on or about May 10, 2023, which granted defendants' motions to dismiss the amended complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
By failing to raise any argument regarding the nonplayer defendants, plaintiff abandoned all her claims except those for negligent infliction of emotional distress and aiding and abetting retaliation (see Weis v Rheem, Bell & Freeman, LLP, 217 A.D.3d 538, 539 [1st Dept 2023]).
Plaintiff failed to show she was an intended third-party beneficiary of the parties' collective bargaining agreement (CBA), as others could enforce its provisions, and the language did not support an intention to provide her with any rights (see Dormitory Auth. of the State of N.Y. v Samson Constr. Co., 30 N.Y.3d 704, 710 [2018]). For that reason, plaintiff failed to identify a source of duty from defendants that would support her negligent infliction claim (Sacino v Warwick Val. Cent. Sch. Dist., 138 A.D.3d 717, 719 [2d Dept 2016]). That claim was also properly dismissed because no claim for emotional harm will lie for breach of a duty based on contract (Wehringer v Standard Sec. Life Ins. Co. of N.Y., 57 N.Y.2d 757, 759 [1982]).
Furthermore, since plaintiff was not a beneficiary of the CBA, she could not sue for a breach of its anti-retaliation provisions. Moreover, even if she could, she failed to identify any conduct of defendants to "aid and abet" the breach, other than inaction, which is insufficient as a matter of law (Land v Forgione, 177 A.D.3d 862, 864 [2d Dept 2019]).
We have considered plaintiff's remaining arguments and find them unavailing.