Case Name: Azam Baig et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Defendants; Moniaros Contracting Corp., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Hirani Contracting Corp., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-04-24
Citations: 282 A.D.2d 386
Docket Number: 
Parties: Azam Baig et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Defendants. Moniaros Contracting Corp., Third-Party Plaintiff, v Hirani Contracting Corp., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 282
Pages: 386–387

Head Matter:
Azam Baig et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Defendants. Moniaros Contracting Corp., Third-Party Plaintiff, v Hirani Contracting Corp., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[723 NYS2d 645]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered on or about February 3, 2000, which, to the extent appealed from, denied so much of third-party defendant's motion as sought to strike plaintiffs' note of issue on the ground that plaintiff failed to submit to a physical examination, and order, same court and Justice, entered June 8, 2000, which, to the extent appealable, denied third-party defendant's motion for renewal of its motion for the relief denied in the February 3, 2000 order, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
At this very late stage in the litigation and under all the other relevant circumstances, the motion court properly exercised its discretion in declining to order the physical examination sought by third-party defendant (see, Hamlin v Mensch, 205 AD2d 452, 453). In view of the propriety of the court's determination with respect to ordering the sought physical examination, plaintiffs' note of issue was properly left undisturbed (see, Attie v City of New York, 221 AD2d 274). Third-party defendant's motion for renewal was properly denied in light of its failure to explain why the purportedly new material was not presented on the original motion (see, Wolkstein v Morgenstern, 261 AD2d 170). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Nardelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.