GROVE ROOFING SERVICES, INC. v. NEW YORK STATE DIV. OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

GROVE ROOFING SERVICES, INC. v. NEW YORK STATE DIV. OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided November 10, 2011·No. TP 11-01010·Published

Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1080 TP 11-01010 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

IN THE MATTER OF GROVE ROOFING SERVICES, INC., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V ORDER

NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ON THE COMPLAINT OF LAROSA CARSON, RESPONDENT-PETITIONER, LAROSA CARSON AND ROBERT EMBOW, INDIVIDUALLY, RESPONDENTS.

JOHN P. PIERI, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT AND RESPONDENT ROBERT EMBOW, INDIVIDUALLY.

CAROLINE J. DOWNEY, BRONX (TONI ANN HOLLIFIELD OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-PETITIONER.

Proceeding pursuant to Executive Law § 298 (transferred to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department by order of the Supreme Court, Erie County [Tracey A. Bannister, J.], entered April 18, 2011) to review a determination of respondent-petitioner New York State Division of Human Rights. The determination found that petitioner-respondent unlawfully discriminated against respondent LaRosa Carson on the basis of race and awarded her $50,000 for mental anguish and humiliation.

It is hereby ORDERED that the determination is unanimously confirmed without costs, the petition is dismissed, the cross petition is granted, and petitioner-respondent is directed to pay respondent LaRosa Carson the sum of $50,000, together with interest at the rate of 9% per annum, commencing July 23, 2010.

Entered: November 10, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan Clerk of the Court

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1080 TP 11-01010 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

IN THE MATTER OF GROVE ROOFING SERVICES, INC., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V ORDER

NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ON THE COMPLAINT OF LAROSA CARSON, RESPONDENT-PETITIONER, LAROSA CARSON AND ROBERT EMBOW, INDIVIDUALLY, RESPONDENTS.

JOHN P. PIERI, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT AND RESPONDENT ROBERT EMBOW, INDIVIDUALLY.

CAROLINE J. DOWNEY, BRONX (TONI ANN HOLLIFIELD OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-PETITIONER.

Proceeding pursuant to Executive Law § 298 (transferred to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department by order of the Supreme Court, Erie County [Tracey A. Bannister, J.], entered April 18, 2011) to review a determination of respondent-petitioner New York State Division of Human Rights. The determination found that petitioner-respondent unlawfully discriminated against respondent LaRosa Carson on the basis of race and awarded her $50,000 for mental anguish and humiliation.

It is hereby ORDERED that the determination is unanimously confirmed without costs, the petition is dismissed, the cross petition is granted, and petitioner-respondent is directed to pay respondent LaRosa Carson the sum of $50,000, together with interest at the rate of 9% per annum, commencing July 23, 2010.

Entered: November 10, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan Clerk of the Court

GROVE ROOFING SERVICES, INC. v. NEW YORK STATE DIV. OF HUMAN RIGHTS, (N.Y. Ct. App. 2011).

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