Case Name: Armando Fernandez, Appellant, v. NYLCare Health Plans, Inc., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-10-03
Citations: 276 A.D.2d 268
Docket Number: 
Parties: Armando Fernandez, Appellant, v NYLCare Health Plans, Inc., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 268–269

Head Matter:
Armando Fernandez, Appellant, v NYLCare Health Plans, Inc., et al., Respondents.
[714 NYS2d 198]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Friedman, J.), entered on or about August 16, 1999, which granted defendants' motion to change venue from Bronx County to Westchester County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The change of venue to Westchester County was a proper exercise of discretion once the former co-plaintiff, whose residence was the basis for placing venue in Bronx County, settled her claims against defendants, given that Westchester is the residence of the sole remaining plaintiff and the action has no other connections to Bronx County (cf., Tamburro v International Bus. Machs. Corp., 234 AD2d 535; Matter of Schulz v New York State Legislature, 252 AD2d 717, 718; cf. also, Emerick v Metropolitan Transp Auth., 272 AD2d 150; Malina Yin Fong Chow v Long Is. R. R., 202 AD2d 154). Concur — Williams, J. P., Tom, Ellerin, Rubin and Saxe, JJ.