Russo & Gould Partner Marie Castronouvo represented defendant Riverside Syndicate (Riverside), the building owner of the premises at 155-157 Riverside Drive NYC, in a worker compensation assignment case.

In Commissioner of New York State Insurance Fund a/s/o Manuel Santos, Assignor v. Riverside Syndicate, Inc. and Two-Tone Contracting Corp. S/NY Index 451671/2024, Plaintiff/assignee argued that their assignor, Manuel Santos, worked for Millenium Restoration at Riverside’s building at the time of his injury. Co-defendant Two Tone, who performed facade work at Riverside’s building, argued that they did not know plaintiff/assignor nor did they sub-contract to Millenium and moved to dismiss the action against them.

Castronuovo presented to plaintiff’s counsel photos dated the same year of plaintiff/assignor’s alleged accident indicating a different building, 157-10 Riverside Drive West, had work ongoing and a poster for Millenium Restoration on the sidewalk bridge. Because this building was mistaken for Riverside’s building, Castronuovo secured a Stipulation of Discontinuance for both defendants.