Case Name: Arianit Simoni, Respondent, v. Elizabeth Costigan, Appellant, et al., Defendants; Arianit Simoni, Respondent, v. Paul J. Napoli, Esq., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-11-20
Citations: 100 A.D.3d 531
Docket Number: 
Parties: Arianit Simoni, Respondent, v Elizabeth Costigan, Appellant, et al., Defendants. Arianit Simoni, Respondent, v Paul J. Napoli, Esq., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 531–531

Head Matter:
Arianit Simoni, Respondent, v Elizabeth Costigan, Appellant, et al., Defendants. Arianit Simoni, Respondent, v Paul J. Napoli, Esq., et al., Respondents.
[953 NYS2d 858]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laura G. Douglas, J.), entered February 17, 2011, which, inter alia, denied defendant Costigan's motion to consolidate two personal injury actions with a legal malpractice action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although the personal injury actions and the legal malpractice action involve "a common question of law or fact" (CPLR 602 [a]), consolidation could engender jury confusion and prejudice the defendants in the malpractice action (see Addison v New York Presbyt. Hosp./Columbia Univ. Med. Ctr., 52 AD3d 269 [1st Dept 2008]; Brown v Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 137 AD2d 479 [2d Dept 1988]). Concur — Tom, J.E, Andrias, Saxe, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.