Dyce v. Singer

*13OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment, entered on or about July 19, 2011, reversed, without costs, and new trial ordered.

Plaintiff instituted this small claims action based on defendants’ alleged “nonpayment of wages” claimed to have been earned by plaintiff for painting the fire escapes appurtenant to a building owned and managed by defendants. In response to plaintiffs prima facie showing at trial that he rendered the painting services agreed upon, defendants submitted photographs of the work site in support of their position that plaintiffs paint job was both incomplete and marked by poor…