Case Name: Marlene Schoen, as Executrix of Lawrence Schoen, Deceased, Appellant, v. Chase Manhattan Automotive Finance Corporation et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-07-27
Citations: 274 A.D.2d 345
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marlene Schoen, as Executrix of Lawrence Schoen, Deceased, Appellant, v Chase Manhattan Automotive Finance Corporation et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 274
Pages: 345–346

Head Matter:
Marlene Schoen, as Executrix of Lawrence Schoen, Deceased, Appellant, v Chase Manhattan Automotive Finance Corporation et al., Respondents.
[711 NYS2d 15]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Madden, J.), entered March 25, 1999, which granted defendant Goldberg's cross-motion to transfer venue to Nassau County, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, and the cross-motion denied.
The vague and conclusory allegations offered in support of defendant Goldberg's cross-motion were insufficient to warrant a change of venue. We note in this regard that, among other deficiencies, defendant's submissions failed to identify a single non-party witness who has expressed any inconvenience in having to testify in New York County (compare, Lloyd v National Propane Corp., 271 AD2d 202). Nor did defendant indicate the home or work addresses of the various witnesses. Accordingly, Supreme Court erred in granting the cross mo tion. Concur — Sullivan, P. J., Rosenberger, Williams, Wallach and Friedman, JJ.