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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Andrew Di Rie et al., Appellants, v Automotive Realty Corp., Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)
    [605 NYS2d 60]
   —Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.) entered September 16, 1992, which granted defendant and third-party plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Under the circumstances of this case, Workers’ Compensation, which plaintiff has recovered from third-party defendant, is plaintiffs’ exclusive remedy. Both defendant and third-party defendant are owned by one individual. Though defendant and third-party defendant are separate legal entities, that is not a basis for not limiting plaintiff to Workers’ Compensation. Defendant, which has no employees, is controlled by the individual that controls plaintiff’s employer (Heritage v Van Patten, 59 NY2d 1017). Concur—Carro, J. P., Ellerin, Kupferman and Rubin, JJ.