FS KIDS, LLC v. COMPENSATION RISK MANAGERS, LLC

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 258 CA 10-01069 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., FAHEY, CARNI, GREEN, AND GORSKI, JJ. FS KIDS, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS BUDWEY’S FOOD MARKET, MASK FOODS, INC., VALU HOME CENTERS, INC., KBLM FOODS, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS BLASDELL JUBILEE, KDJB FOODS, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS SAVE-A-LOT ORDER LACKAWANNA, GAIGE & SON GROCERY, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS CORNING JUBILEE, TJ’S MARKET, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS HORSEHEADS JUBILEE, BB&T SUPERMARKETS INC., DOING BUSINESS AS ATTICA JUBILEE, BNR-LARSON, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS CORFU IGA, AND GIFT EXPRESS OF NEW YORK, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS THE MARKET IN THE SQUARE, ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED AS THEY, AS FORMER EMPLOYEE MEMBERS/PARTICIPANTS IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION TRUST OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, V COMPENSATION RISK MANAGERS, LLC, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 2.) HITCHCOCK & CUMMINGS, LLP, NEW YORK CITY (CHRISTOPHER B. HITCHCOCK OF COUNSEL), AND CONNORS & VILARDO, LLP, BUFFALO, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, BUFFALO (KENNETH A. MANNING OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John M. Curran, J.), entered April 14, 2010 in a breach of contract action. The order, among other things, denied in part defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ second amended complaint. It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court. Entered: March 25, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan Clerk of the Court