Case Name: Lee Shapiro, Respondent, v. Irving Pincus, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1970-06-09
Citations: 34 A.D.2d 906
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lee Shapiro, Respondent, v. Irving Pincus, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 906–906

Head Matter:
Lee Shapiro, Respondent, v. Irving Pincus, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order entered February 6, 1970 unanimously reversed on the facts and the law, with $30 costs and disbursements to the appellant, and preference denied. Appeal from order entered March 2, 1970 dismissed as academic without costs and without disbursements. A trial preference was granted to plaintiff following a pretrial hearing on the ground that defendant failed to seek in good faith to adjust the case. We have repeatedly held that a preference can be granted only on a record made at the hearing which demonstrates the defendant's intransigence {Wolff v. Láveme, Inc., 17 A D 2d 213). The recitals in the order do not constitute such a record. Moreover, even these do not indicate a failure to co-operate. Concur — Eager, J. P., Markewich, McNally and Steuer, JJ.