Case Name: Raymond Esser, Appellant, v. Suzanne M. Ciarmella, Respondent; Haroon Rashid, Appellant, v. Raymond S. Esser, Defendant, and Suzanne M. Ciarmella, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-04-21
Citations: 203 A.D.2d 159
Docket Number: 
Parties: Raymond Esser, Appellant, v Suzanne M. Ciarmella, Respondent. Haroon Rashid, Appellant, v Raymond S. Esser, Defendant, and Suzanne M. Ciarmella, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 203
Pages: 159–161

Head Matter:
Raymond Esser, Appellant, v Suzanne M. Ciarmella, Respondent. Haroon Rashid, Appellant, v Raymond S. Esser, Defendant, and Suzanne M. Ciarmella, Respondent.
[610 NYS2d 260]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward H. Lehner, J.), entered May 19, 1993, which granted defendant's motion to change venue from New York County to Suffolk County, affirmed, without costs.
We agree with the IAS Court that this personal injury action should be transferred to Suffolk County where the accident occurred, and where both the eyewitnesses and the police officers who investigated the accident reside. Plaintiffs' nonparty witnesses are doctors whose testimony will bear only on the issue of damages, and whose convenience is subordinate to that of nonparty witnesses who will be testifying on the issue of liability (Torres v Larsen, 195 AD2d 285). Concur —Sullivan, J. P., Wallach and Nardelli, JJ.