Case Name: Donna DeNoto, Respondent, v. L. Woerner, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Pat Unger, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-10-07
Citations: 186 A.D.2d 999
Docket Number: 
Parties: Donna DeNoto, Respondent, v L. Woerner, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Pat Unger, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 999–999

Head Matter:
Donna DeNoto, Respondent, v L. Woerner, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Pat Unger, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant Unger's motion for a severance. Unger has failed to demonstrate that a joint trial will prejudice a substantial right (see, Fay v Chii Chung Wang, 134 AD2d 563). The negligence actions stated against the individual defendants are straightforward and are linked by a common theory of negligence against defendant HCR (see, Harris v Manos, 181 AD2d 967). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Galloway, J. — Severance.) Present — Callahan, J. P., Green, Pine, Boehm and Davis, JJ.