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Bernard v. Heyward Street Holding Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 21, 2003
309 A.D.2d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

1904.

October 21, 2003.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered on or about March 5, 2003, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the brief, denied defendant A.R. Vays's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and third-party complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Andrew M. Friedman, for plaintiff-respondent.

Craig P. Mauro, Jonathan T. Uejio, for defendent-appellant.

Before: Tom, J.P., Saxe, Rosenberger, Marlow, JJ.


The evidence presents triable issues of fact regarding whether plaintiff was a special employee of defendant A.R. Vays at the time plaintiff sustained his injuries. Questions of fact were raised by the testimony of Fred Vays, the president of A.R. Vays, with respect to whether the company had the requisite degree of supervision and control over plaintiff's work so as to qualify as a special employer. At his first deposition, Mr. Vays testified that he had two on-site supervisors, one who worked for A.R. Vays and another who worked for plaintiff's employer, defendant Future Development and Construction Corp. However, at his second deposition, Mr. Vays testified that A.R. Vays had a job superintendent at the site who directed both A.R. Vays employees and Future employees (see Thompson v. Grumman Aerospace Corp., 78 N.Y.2d 553, 557).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Bernard v. Heyward Street Holding Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 21, 2003
309 A.D.2d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

Bernard v. Heyward Street Holding Corp.

Case Details

Full title:ANGELO BERNARD, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. HEYWARD STREET HOLDING CORP., ET…

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

Date published: Oct 21, 2003

Citations

309 A.D.2d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
766 N.Y.S.2d 27