Case Name: Esad Gjonbalaj, Respondent, v. Mildred Kenny, Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Constant Realty Corp., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-03-23
Citations: 191 A.D.2d 354
Docket Number: 
Parties: Esad Gjonbalaj, Respondent, v Mildred Kenny, Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Constant Realty Corp., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 354–354

Head Matter:
Esad Gjonbalaj, Respondent, v Mildred Kenny, Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Constant Realty Corp., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[596 NYS2d 6]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered on or about February 25, 1992, which denied third-party defendant's motion for bifurcation of the issues of liability and damages at trial, unanimously affirmed without costs.
Where, as here, plaintiff's injuries are probative on the issue of liability, denial of bifurcation was clearly an appropriate exercise of discretion (see, Parmar v Skinner, 154 AD2d 444, 445), if not required to avoid prejudice. Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Kupferman and Asch, JJ.