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Bones v. Prudential

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 16, 2008
54 A.D.3d 589 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3034.

September 16, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard B. Lowe, III, J.), entered August 23, 2007, which denied defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of defendants dismissing the complaint.

Cahill Gordon Reindel LLP, New York (Thomas J. Kavaler of counsel), for appellants.

Fensterstock Partners LLP, New York (Jeanne M. Valentine of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P, Saxe, Friedman and Nardelli, JJ.


Plaintiffs institution of an action against his former employer, defendant Prudential Insurance Company of America, "in accordance with" Labor Law § 740 constitutes "a waiver of the rights and remedies available under any other contract, collective bargaining agreement, law, rule or regulation or under the common law" (Labor Law § 740), including his remaining claim for promissory estoppel, which arises from the allegedly unlawful discharge ( Hayes v Staten Is. Univ. Hosp., 39 AD3d 593). Such a waiver may not be avoided by a plaintiff by amending the complaint, to withdraw the Labor Law § 740 claim ( Reddington v Staten Is. Univ. Hosp., 11 NY3d 80, 87-88).

[See 17 Misc 3d 656.]


Summaries of

Bones v. Prudential

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 16, 2008
54 A.D.3d 589 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Bones v. Prudential

Case Details

Full title:BRIAN D. BONES, Respondent, v. PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC., et al.…

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

Date published: Sep 16, 2008

Citations

54 A.D.3d 589 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 6875
863 N.Y.S.2d 368

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