Case Name: Gina M. Hammond, Appellant, v. Alekna Construction, Inc., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-02-02
Citations: 224 A.D.2d 1039
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gina M. Hammond, Appellant, v Alekna Construction, Inc., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 224
Pages: 1039–1039

Head Matter:
Gina M. Hammond, Appellant, v Alekna Construction, Inc., et al., Respondents.
[637 NYS2d 948]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly dismissed plaintiffs Labor Law § 241 (6) causes of action against defendants Alekna Construction, Inc., StetsonHarza, Inc., also known as Harza Northeast, Inc., and Joseph A. Giruzzi, Inc., doing business as Joseph A. Giruzzi & Son. At the time she was allegedly injured, plaintiff was working as a secretary for the Utica City School District and, therefore, was "not engaged in a protected activity within Labor Law § 241 (6)" (Warsaw v Eastern Rock Prods., 193 AD2d 1115; see, Jock v Fien, 80 NY2d 965, 967; Mordkofsky v V.C.V. Dev. Corp., 76 NY2d 573, 576-577; Malczewski v Cannon Design, 125 AD2d 941, 942). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Oneida County, Tenney, J. — Labor Law.) Present — Pine, J. P., Wesley, Callahan, Davis and Boehm, JJ.