Mujica v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Sise, J.), entered August 24, 2004, which, upon renewal, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the amended claim.

Claimants, who are per diem court interpreters, commenced this action in May 2001 alleging that, beginning in 1983, defendant had improperly classified them as independent contractors, rather than public employees. As damages, claimants sought $5 million for “payroll taxes, wages, benefits, vacation pay, sick leave, seniority and other rights and privileges.” When defendant moved to dismiss the claim on…