McClellan v Majestic Tenants Corp.

McClellan v Majestic Tenants Corp. 2009 NY Slip Op 09391 [68 AD3d 574] December 17, 2009 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Sammie McClellan, Appellant,
v
Majestic Tenants Corp. et al., Respondents.

—[*1] Law Office of Michael G. O'Neill, New York (Theresa B. Wade of counsel), for appellant.

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., New York (Michael A. Levine of counsel), for respondents.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), entered July 8, 2008, which granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly dismissed the complaint on the grounds that plaintiff's discrimination claims under the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law were subject to mandatory arbitration under the relevant collective bargaining agreement (see Sum v Tishman Speyer Props., Inc., 37 AD3d 284 [2007], appeal withdrawn 12 NY3d 911 [2009]; Garcia v Bellmarc Prop. Mgt., 295 AD2d 233, 234 [2002]). The collective bargaining agreement contained a "clear and unmistakable" waiver of an employee's right to a judicial forum for claims of employment discrimination (see Wright v Universal Maritime Service Corp., 525 US 70, 80 [1998]; Sum, 37 AD3d at 284; Conde v Yeshiva Univ., 16 AD3d 185 [2005]; Garcia, 295 AD2d at 234 [2002]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Sweeny, Moskowitz, Acosta and Abdus-Salaam, JJ. [Prior Case History: 20 Misc 3d 1110(A), 2008 NY Slip Op 51304(U).]