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ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT DID NOT PRODUCE AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT DEMONSTRATED IT WAS PLAINTIFF’S SPECIAL EMPLOYER; THEREFORE PLAINTIFF’S PERSONAL INJURY ACTION WAS PRECLUDED BY HIS ELECTION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant was plaintiff’s special employer and plaintiff’s action for personal injury was precluded by his election of workers’ compensation benefits:

Plaintiff testified that he received all his work instructions from an employee of defendant, the building’s manager … . Both plaintiff and the building’s manager testified that they considered the building manager to be plaintiff’s boss or supervisor … .

The evidence thus showed that defendant “supervised, directed and controlled plaintiff’s work” … . Although defendant has produced no contract between itself and the building owner, such a contract is not a prerequisite for special employment status … . Therefore, defendant has established its prima facie case that it was plaintiff’s special employer, which plaintiff has failed to rebut with any issue of fact…. . Payano v Proto Prop. Servs. LLC, 2024 NY Slip Op 04915, First Dept 10-8-2024

Practice Point: Here defendant was deemed plaintiff’s special employer, despite the absence of an employment contract. Therefore plaintiff’s election to receive workers’ compensation benefits precluded his personal injury action against defendant.

 

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