Legal Opinion
Hintze v. Brookhaven National Laboratory
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 26, 2000PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Werner, J.), dated February 9, 2000, as granted that branch of the defendants’ motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
When an employee elects to receive workers’ compensation benefits from his general employer, a special employer is shielded from any action at law commenced by the employee (see, Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 [6];…
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- Olsen v. We'll Manage, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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