Svensson v. Foundation for Long Term Care, Inc.

Appeals (1) from an order of the County Court of Albany County (Lynch, J.), entered October 15, 2014, which reversed a judgment of the Albany City Court in favor of defendant, and (2) from the judgment entered thereon.

In 2008, defendant hired plaintiff to visit nursing homes and collect data for a grant-funded project. The contract provided for a term of employment from August 2008 to December 2010; the parties subsequently agreed to extend the term until August 2011. The written contract provided that defendant was to pay plaintiff a set sum per day, up to a specified maximum number of days…