Commissioners of the State Insurance Fund v. Kingsway Auto Transport Corp.

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered October 31, 1996, awarding plaintiff damages in the principal amount of $79,275.58, with interest, costs and disbursements, and bringing up for review a prior order which, in an action to recover unpaid workers’ compensation insurance premiums, granted plaintiff insurer’s motion for summary judgment in the full amount demanded, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court correctly held that under Workers’ Compensation Law § 56, and, more particularly, plaintiff s Rate Manual to which defendant’s policy was…