Berhe v. Trustees of Columbia Univ. in the City of N.Y.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Nancy M. Bannon, J.), entered July 20, 2015, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendants made a prima facie showing that plaintiff was in their special employ by demonstrating that they “control [led] and direct [ed] the manner, details and ultimate result of [his] work” (Thompson v Grumman Aerospace Corp., 78 NY2d 553, 558 [1991]; see Warner v Continuum Health Care Partners, Inc., 99 AD3d 636 [1st Dept 2012]). The general manager of defendants’ catering facility, Faculty…