Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 30, 2010 (Claim of Estrella v. Broadway 69 Associates)

Malone Jr., J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 3, 2008, which, among other things, ruled that an employer-employee relationship did not exist between claimant and Broadway 69 Associates.

Claimant, a painter and handyman, was injured in 2004 when he fell from a ladder while replacing a ceiling.