Feris v. Port Authority

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered December 15, 2005, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the brief, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs claims under New York Labor Law § 200 and for common-law negligence, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff’s New York Labor Law § 200 claim was properly dismissed since the relied-upon statute is inapplicable under the facts presented. Labor Law § 200 is conduct-regulating, and New Jersey, where the accident occurred, has the greater interest in…