Case Name: Randy Devorin et al., Respondents, v. One Wall Street Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-12-06
Citations: 210 A.D.2d 37
Docket Number: 
Parties: Randy Devorin et al., Respondents, v One Wall Street Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 210
Pages: 37–38

Head Matter:
Randy Devorin et al., Respondents, v One Wall Street Corporation, Appellant.
[620 NYS2d 940]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stephen Crane, J.), entered on or about January 6, 1993, which granted plaintiffs' motion to strike defendant's second affirmative defense and denied defendant's motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
In this personal injury action, plaintiffs moved to strike the affirmative defense of Workers' Compensation, and defendant cross-moved to dismiss the action as barred by Workers' Compensation Law § 11. Since defendant, the owner of the building where plaintiff was employed and where the alleged injuries occurred, did not present evidence in admissible form sufficient to prove as a matter of law that it functioned as the alter ego of plaintiff's employer, the IAS Court properly found that plaintiffs' claims were not barred by the Workers' Compensation Law (see, Billy v Consolidated Mach. Tool Corp., 51 NY2d 152, 163). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Kupferman, Asch and Tom, JJ.