Case Name: James F. Connor, Jr., et al., Respondents, v. Rami I, Inc., et al., Appellants and Third-Party Plaintiffs. H. Lieblich & Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-12-05
Citations: 234 A.D.2d 58
Docket Number: 
Parties: James F. Connor, Jr., et al., Respondents, v Rami I, Inc., et al., Appellants and Third-Party Plaintiffs. H. Lieblich & Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 234
Pages: 58–59

Head Matter:
James F. Connor, Jr., et al., Respondents, v Rami I, Inc., et al., Appellants and Third-Party Plaintiffs. H. Lieblich & Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[650 NYS2d 559]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, III, J.), entered January 23, 1996, which denied third-party defendant's motion for a change of venue to Westchester County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Appellants concede that New York County is a proper venue. The motion therefore was addressed to the sound discretion of the IAS Court, and there was no improvident exercise of such discretion (Hartigan v Kurian, 224 AD2d 299). There was an insufficient showing that nonparty material witnesses would be inconvenienced by trial of this action in New York County (see, Heinemann v Grunfeld, 224 AD2d 204; Klugman v Food Emporium, 226 AD2d 321). We have considered appellants' remaining arguments and find them to be without merit. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Kupferman, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.