Opinion
04-13-2017
William SWEZEY, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. MICHAEL C. FINA CO., INC., et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Hernstadt Atlas PLLC, Brooklyn (Edward Hernstadt of counsel), for appellant. Jackson Lewis P.C., Melville (David S. Greenhaus of counsel), for respondents.
Hernstadt Atlas PLLC, Brooklyn (Edward Hernstadt of counsel), for appellant.
Jackson Lewis P.C., Melville (David S. Greenhaus of counsel), for respondents.
FRIEDMAN, J.P., RICHTER, MAZZARELLI, FEINMAN, GISCHE, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert R. Reed, J.), entered June 15, 2016, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint to the extent of dismissing the first, second, fourth and fifth causes of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, a former at-will sales representative for defendants, commenced this action for breach of an oral contract and related claims based on an alleged promise, by defendants, to pay plaintiff commissions past his termination. The motion court properly dismissed the breach of contract and related claims because the purported oral agreement is unenforceable under the statute of frauds (see e.g. Guterman v. RGA Accessories, 196 A.D.2d 785, 602 N.Y.S.2d 116 [1st Dept.1993] ; Bennett v. Atomic Prods. Corp., 74 A.D.3d 1003, 1005, 903 N.Y.S.2d 154 [2d Dept.2010] ).
We have considered plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.