Case Name: Suarna Mehulic, Appellant, v. New York Downtown Hospital, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-06-02
Citations: 140 A.D.3d 417
Docket Number: 
Parties: Suarna Mehulic, Appellant, v New York Downtown Hospital, Respondent.
Judges: Concur — Acosta, J.P., Saxe, Gische, Webber and Kahn, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 417–417

Head Matter:
Suarna Mehulic, Appellant, v New York Downtown Hospital, Respondent.
[30 NYS3d 872]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shlomo Hagler, J.), entered June 9, 2015, which, insofar as appealed from, denied plaintiff's motion for recusal, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court's denial of recusal was an appropriate exercise of discretion (see generally People v Grasso, 49 AD3d 303, 306-307 [1st Dept 2008]). Pro se plaintiff has not shown that the Justice is "interested" in the action (Judiciary Law § 14), or that the Justice's "impartiality might reasonably be questioned" (Rules of Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 100.3 [E] [1]). Nor has she shown that the trial court, as sole arbiter of the issue, abused its discretion.
Concur — Acosta, J.P., Saxe, Gische, Webber and Kahn, JJ.