Case Name: Carmelo Ciccone, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v. Kendal on Hudson et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-04-13
Citations: 72 A.D.3d 726
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carmelo Ciccone, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v Kendal on Hudson et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 726–726

Head Matter:
Carmelo Ciccone, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v Kendal on Hudson et al., Defendants.
[898 NYS2d 477]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiff Carmelo Ciccone appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nicolai, J.), entered December 12, 2008, which granted the motion of the defendants Kendal on Hudson and Andron Construction Corp. pursuant to CPLR 2004 to extend the time to serve supplemental responses to the plaintiffs' discovery demands.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in granting the motion of the defendants Kendal on Hudson and Andron Construction Corp. pursuant to CPLR 2004 to extend their time to serve supplemental responses to the plaintiffs' discovery demands (see City Line Auto Mall, Inc. v Citicorp Leasing, Inc., 45 AD3d 716 [2007]; see also Tewari v Tsoutsouras, 75 NY2d 1 [1989]). The Supreme Court properly found, inter alia, a lack of prejudice to the plaintiffs and a lack of evidence of a willful or contumacious delay, and providently determined that the public policy favoring the resolution of cases on the merits warranted the granting of the motion under the circumstances of this case (see City Line Auto Mall, Inc. v Citicorp Leasing, Inc., 45 AD3d 716 [2007]; see also Tewari v Tsoutsouras, 75 NY2d 1 [1989]).
The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit. Mastro, J.P., Miller, Austin and Roman, JJ., concur.