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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION : FOURTH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

DECISIONS FILED MARCH 20, 2020

HON. GERALD J. WHALEN, PRESIDING JUSTICE HON. NANCY E. SMITH HON. JOHN V. CENTRA HON. ERIN M. PERADOTTO HON. EDWARD D. CARNI HON. STEPHEN K. LINDLEY HON. PATRICK H. NEMOYER HON. JOHN M. CURRAN HON. SHIRLEY TROUTMAN HON. JOANNE M. WINSLOW HON. TRACEY A. BANNISTER HON. BRIAN F. DEJOSEPH, ASSOCIATE JUSTICES

MARK W. BENNETT, CLERK

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION: FOURTH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

DECISIONS FILED MARCH 20, 2020 ================================================================================

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950/17 CA 17 00249

923

CA 19 00700

1041

CAF 18 02251

1130

KA 17 01067

1159

CA 18 02309

1165

CA 18 02233

1203

CAF 18 02136

1204

CAF 19 01408

1241

KA 17 00414

1256

TP 19 01064

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1272 1277

CA 19 01353 CA 19 00045

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26

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49

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76

________ 100

________ 113

KA 15 01963 KA 16 01229 CAF 18 01607 KA 15 00207 CA 19 00299

________ 134 ________ 147 ________ 148 ________ 162 ________ 191 ________ 192

CA 19 00313 KA 15 01500 KA 16 01486 KA 19 00074 CA 19 00936 CAF 18 02040

ANN VANYO V BUFFALO POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATI VICTORIA C. ARMSTRONG V UNITED FRONTIER MUTUAL INS TAMEKA N. H. V JESUS R. PEOPLE V JAMIE URRUTIA TROY A. DUNN V KANDEY COMPANY, INC. TROY A. DUNN V COVANTA NIAGARA I, LLC TRICIA WLOCK V MICHAEL JOSEPH KING, JR. TRICIA WLOCK V MICHAEL JOSEPH KING, JR. PEOPLE V KEVIN DOGAN BUFFALO BAIL BONDS AGENCY INC. V MARIA T. VULLO BRUNILDA LOPEZ V KARL SCHULTZ DURHAM COMMERCIAL CAPITAL CORP. V KRISHNAN ARUNACHALAM PEOPLE V DAVID TETRO, JR. PEOPLE V THOMAS SEARS JAMES V. WILLIAMS V KRYSTAL D. RICHARDSON PEOPLE V DANTE H. RANKIN LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC V JM BUSINESS ASSOCIATES CORP. DEANNA LETRAY V NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN PEOPLE V JASON R. WILLIAMS PEOPLE V CHRISTOPHER GORDON PEOPLE V SAMMY L. BROWN MAUREEN LATINI V DAVID P. BARWELL Mtr of JANETTE G.

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197

CA 19 00854

198

CA 19 01793

199

CA 19 01912

212

CAF 18 00354

213

CAF 18 00749

217 219 226 244 275 275.1 276 277 283 286 287 288 295 298 305 315 317 323 331 341 342 354 357 365

CA 19 00460 CA 19 00335 KA 18 00668 CA 19 00826 KA 14 00854 CA 19 01071 KA 19 00334 KA 19 00926 KA 18 00411 CAF 18 01791 CAF 18 01792 CAF 18 01794 CA 19 01649 KA 19 00862 KA 15 00983 CA 19 01322 CA 19 00754 KA 19 00702 CAF 19 00143 KA 17 00346 KA 17 00347 CA 19 01722 KA 18 01953 CA 18 01698

CHRISTA CONSTRUCTION, LLC V VANGUARD LIGHT GAUGE CHRISTA CONSTRUCTION, LLC V VANGUARD LIGHT GAUGE CHRISTA CONSTRUCTION, LLC V VANGUARD LIGHT GAUGE Mtr of DANTE S. CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEA V DANTE S. LAURENCE GUTTMACHER, M.D. V JAMES M. ROGER DOYLE V GEORGE A. NOLE AND SON, INC. PEOPLE V DOUGLAS MARTIN AMANDA TAYLOR V KWIK FILL - RED APPLE A DIVISION PEOPLE V DARRIEN E. WILSON DARRYL L. MACKAY V 155 EAST MAIN ST., LLC PEOPLE V DEQUAWN R. MCKENZIE PEOPLE V DEQUAWN R. MCKENZIE PEOPLE V PERRY TOLBERT JESSICA CHASE V SILVIA CHASE JOSEPH S. DRESSNER V PATRICIA A. MOONEY-TIRAO ROSE M. CHASE V SILVIA CHASE DARRYL L. MACKAY V 155 EAST MAIN ST., LLC PEOPLE V DALTON WILKE PEOPLE V WILLIE GRAY THEODORE NALBONE V VANDERBILT PROPERTIES, INC. PATRICK J. WHELAN V TIMOTHY G. DYSTER, M.D. PEOPLE V JOHN R. GEIL TRONDELL WALLACE V MADARIA EURE PEOPLE V ANTHONY COLE PEOPLE V ANTHONY COLE DEEPIKA REDDY V WSYR NEWSCHANNEL 9 PEOPLE V ANTHONY MAUND GLASCO WRIGHT V STATE OF NEW YORK

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

950/17 CA 17-00249

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND CARNI, JJ.

ANN VANYO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

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BUFFALO POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC., AND CITY OF BUFFALO, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JAMES OSTROWSKI, BUFFALO, FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

CREIGHTON, JOHNSEN & GIROUX, BUFFALO (IAN HAYES OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT BUFFALO POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC.

TIMOTHY A. BALL, CORPORATION COUNSEL, BUFFALO (DAVID M. LEE OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT CITY OF BUFFALO.

Appeal from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Catherine R. Nugent Panepinto, J.), entered February 5, 2016. The order and judgment granted the motions of defendants to dismiss the complaint and amended complaint. The order and judgment was affirmed by order of this Court entered March 16, 2018 in a memorandum decision (159 AD3d 1448 [4th Dept 2018]), and the Court of Appeals on December 17, 2019 modified the order and remitted the case to this Court for consideration of an argument raised but not addressed on the appeal to this Court (34 NY3d 1104 [2019]).

Now, upon remittitur from the Court of Appeals,

It is hereby ORDERED that, upon remittitur from the Court of Appeals, the order and judgment so appealed from is unanimously modified on the law by denying that part of the motion of defendant Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, Inc. seeking dismissal of the first cause of action and reinstating that cause of action and by denying that part of the motion of defendant City of Buffalo seeking dismissal of the second cause of action and reinstating that cause of action and as modified the order and judgment is affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: On remittitur from the Court of Appeals, we are to consider the contention of defendant Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (PBA), which was "raised but not addressed on the appeal to [this] Court, that plaintiff's first cause of action should be dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7)" (Vanyo v Buffalo Police Benevolent Assn., Inc., 34 NY3d 1104, 1105 [2019]). Upon giving the

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amended complaint a liberal construction, accepting the allegations as true, and providing plaintiff with the benefit of every favorable inference (see Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., Series 2006-FM2 v Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc., 30 NY3d 572, 582 [2017]), we conclude that plaintiff has stated a cause of action for breach of the duty of fair representation (see generally Matter of Civil Serv. Bar Assn., Local 237, Intl. Bhd. of Teamsters v City of New York, 64 NY2d 188, 196 [1984]). We therefore modify the order and judgment by denying that part of the motion of the PBA seeking dismissal of the first cause of action and reinstating that cause of action and, in accordance with the Court of Appeals' memorandum, we further modify the order and judgment by denying that part of the motion of defendant City of Buffalo seeking dismissal of the second cause of action and reinstating that cause of action.

Entered: March 20, 2020

Mark W. Bennett Clerk of the Court

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