Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2025

Wheeler v. BrandSafway Indus., LLC

Wheeler v. BrandSafway Indus., LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 27, 2025
2025 NY Slip Op 03888
Wheeler v. BrandSafway Indus., LLC

Opinion

Wheeler v BrandSafway Indus., LLC (2025 NY Slip Op 03888)
Wheeler v BrandSafway Indus., LLC
2025 NY Slip Op 03888
Decided on June 27, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on June 27, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., MONTOUR, OGDEN, GREENWOOD, AND KEANE, JJ.

310 CA 24-01226

[*1]BRYAN WHEELER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v

BRANDSAFWAY INDUSTRIES, LLC, NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, MAID OF THE MIST CORPORATION, MAID OF THE MIST ENTERPRISES, INC., AND MAID OF THE MIST HOSPITALITY, LLC, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)




COLLINS & COLLINS ATTORNEYS, LLC, BUFFALO (ETHAN W. COLLINS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (NORMAN B. VITI, JR., OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT BRANDSAFWAY INDUSTRIES, LLC.

HURWITZ & FINE, P.C., BUFFALO (DAVID R. ADAMS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, MAID OF THE MIST CORPORATION, MAID OF THE MIST ENTERPRISES, INC., AND MAID OF THE MIST HOSPITALITY, LLC.



Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Frank A. Sedita, III, J.), entered May 23, 2024. The order, inter alia, granted an evidentiary hearing.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Wheeler v Brandsafway Indus., LLC ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [June 27, 2025] [4th Dept 2025]).

Entered: June 27, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



Opinion

Wheeler v BrandSafway Indus., LLC (2025 NY Slip Op 03888)

Wheeler v BrandSafway Indus., LLC
2025 NY Slip Op 03888
Decided on June 27, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on June 27, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., MONTOUR, OGDEN, GREENWOOD, AND KEANE, JJ.

310 CA 24-01226

[*1]BRYAN WHEELER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v

BRANDSAFWAY INDUSTRIES, LLC, NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, MAID OF THE MIST CORPORATION, MAID OF THE MIST ENTERPRISES, INC., AND MAID OF THE MIST HOSPITALITY, LLC, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)




COLLINS & COLLINS ATTORNEYS, LLC, BUFFALO (ETHAN W. COLLINS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (NORMAN B. VITI, JR., OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT BRANDSAFWAY INDUSTRIES, LLC.

HURWITZ & FINE, P.C., BUFFALO (DAVID R. ADAMS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, MAID OF THE MIST CORPORATION, MAID OF THE MIST ENTERPRISES, INC., AND MAID OF THE MIST HOSPITALITY, LLC.



Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Frank A. Sedita, III, J.), entered May 23, 2024. The order, inter alia, granted an evidentiary hearing.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Wheeler v Brandsafway Indus., LLC ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [June 27, 2025] [4th Dept 2025]).

Entered: June 27, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



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