Case Name: Marlene L. Di Pirro, Respondent, v. Sue M. Thompson et al., Defendants, and Gerald A. Marshall, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-12-21
Citations: 289 A.D.2d 1025
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marlene L. Di Pirro, Respondent, v Sue M. Thompson et al., Defendants, and Gerald A. Marshall, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 289
Pages: 1025–1026

Head Matter:
Marlene L. Di Pirro, Respondent, v Sue M. Thompson et al., Defendants, and Gerald A. Marshall, Appellant.
[735 NYS2d 452]

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memo randum: Plaintiff commenced this negligence action seeking damages for injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion of defendant Gerald A. Marshall to bifurcate the trial. Plaintiff established that the liability issue presented herein is uncomplicated and that a trial on both liability and damages would be brief (see, Mazur v Mazur, 288 AD2d 945). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Whelan, J. — Bifurcate Trial.) Present — Hayes, J. P., Scudder, Burns, Gorski and Lawton, JJ.