Case Name: Casimiro Espinal, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant. (Action No. 1.); Maximo Espinal, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant. (Action No. 2.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-01-16
Citations: 279 A.D.2d 503
Docket Number: 
Parties: Casimiro Espinal, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant. (Action No. 1.) Maximo Espinal, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant. (Action No. 2.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
Casimiro Espinal, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant. (Action No. 1.) Maximo Espinal, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant. (Action No. 2.)
[720 NYS2d 351]

Opinion:
In two related actions to recover damages for personal injuries, which were joined for trial, Brooklyn Union Gas Company, a defendant in both actions, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), dated February 22, 2000, which denied its motion to vacate the plaintiffs' notes of issue filed in each action.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the motion to vacate the plaintiffs' notes of issue (see, Mitchell v New York Hosp., 61 NY2d 208, 214; DeSilva v Rosenberg, 261 AD2d 503; City of Mount Vernon v Lexington Ins. Co., 232 AD2d 358). Ritter, J. P., Friedmann, H. Miller and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.