Case Name: Florence J. Pena, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and New York City Housing Authority, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. R.D. Mortman & Co., Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-12-07
Citations: 222 A.D.2d 233
Docket Number: 
Parties: Florence J. Pena, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and New York City Housing Authority, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. R.D. Mortman & Co., Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 222
Pages: 233–234

Head Matter:
Florence J. Pena, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and New York City Housing Authority, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. R.D. Mortman & Co., Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.
[635 NYS2d 10]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter Tolub, J.), entered March 10, 1995, which granted third-party defendants' motion to sever the third-party action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Severance of the third-party action was a proper exercise of discretion under CPLR 1010 in view of the prejudice caused by the third-party plaintiffs disclosure delays (see, Blechman v Peiser's & Sons, 186 AD2d 50, 51-52), notwithstanding the desirability of trying these cases together. Third-party plaintiffs noncompliance with the prior order denying a severance negated any law of the case effect that that order might have had (see, Kaplan v Einy, 209 AD2d 248, 252). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Rubin, Asch and Nardelli, JJ.