Toxic Exposure Claims by Teachers, Others Dismissed From New York City Case

NEW YORK - A New York trial court has ruled that any toxic-exposure claims asserted by school employees against the City of New York that are not otherwise barred by workers' compensation law must be dismissed for failure to assert any special right or duty owed by the city. Lombardo v. Temple Beth-El of Rockaway Park, et al., No. 31753/20009 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Queens Cty.).

Queens County (N.Y.) Supreme Court Justice Phyllis O. Flug also dismissed the claims of employee-plaintiffs Catherine S. White and Janet Bavasso against school building owner Temple Beth-El of Rockaway Park for failure to show they …