Seung Won Lee v. Woori Bank

OPINION OF THE COURT

Tom, J.P.

This Court is asked to decide the extent to which the commencement of an action under New York’s whistleblower statute (Labor Law § 740) bars the maintenance of other claims to redress the wrongful conduct that prompted the report of abuse resulting in retaliatory action by the employer. We conclude that the purpose of the statute and the relief it affords make it clear that claims predicated on the statute are distinct from claims predicated upon the underlying tortious conduct identified by plaintiffs, and that their causes of action for sexual harassment and…