Demyan v. Fortress Investment Group LLC, Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors, LLC., Index No.:657383/2020

New Action filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of New York

Demyan v. Fortress Investment Group LLC, Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors, LLC., Index No.:657383/2020 

On December 31, 2020, Plaintiff Demyan filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of New York against FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP, (“FIG”), and FORTRESS TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS, (“FTAI”), and together with FIG, where appropriate, as “Defendants”), alleging upon knowledge as to himself and his own actions and upon information and belief as to all other matters, as follows:

Plaintiff performed and completed work for Defendants – – a publicly traded global investment management company and a publicly traded infrastructure and equipment leasing company that are both headquartered in Manhattan and that together acquire and manage assets, real property, infrastructure, and equipment on a global basis – – from in or around July 2018 until approximately February 2019 in connection with Defendant’s 485 megawatt natural gas power plant project located at Defendant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, the Long Ridge Energy Terminal, in Hannibal, Ohio (“Long Ridge Energy Project”).  As described below, Defendants, without providing Plaintiff with a written contract, engaged Plaintiff to secure a buyer for the methanol produced from the natural gas reserves located on or in close proximity to the power plant’s land.  Plaintiff performed that work for Defendants as agreed, yet despite accepting Plaintiff’s work, receiving an invoice from Plaintiff for it, and not objecting to it, Defendants have failed to make any payments to Plaintiff, leaving an outstanding principal balance of $200,000.00, which remains due and payable to Plaintiff as unpaid compensation under the Freelance Isn’t Free Act (“FIFA”), or under a common law theory of an unpaid account stated, breach of contract, or unjust enrichment.  Plaintiff is also entitled to recover from Defendants double damages and attorney’s fees under FIFA, as well as statutory damages for Defendants failure to provide Plaintiff with a written contract at the time of hire.

If any individual is or has previously been an employee or contractor of the Defendants named in the lawsuit and/or has information that may be relevant to this case, please contact Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C. as soon as possible through one of our websites, www.employmentlawyernewyork.com or www.516abogado.com, or any of our phone numbers: (516) 248–5550, (516) ABOGADO, or (212) 679–5000.