Kligman v. Call Again Thrift Shop, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered September 9, 1993, granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground it is barred *200by the exclusive remedy of Workers’ Compensation Law, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Workers’ Compensation is an exclusive remedy as a matter of substantive law (see, e.g., Acevedo v Consolidated Edison Co., 189 AD2d 497, lv dismissed 82 NY2d 748). Here, the record demonstrates plaintiff was a volunteer employee of defendant, a not-for-profit corporation, which had prior to her accident elected to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Acevedo v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Bonacci v. Treffiletti Supermarkets, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994