Case Name: Benjamin Hendrickson, Jr., as Executor of Edith D. Macy, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Birchwood Nursing Home Partnership et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-02-07
Citations: 26 A.D.3d 187
Docket Number: 
Parties: Benjamin Hendrickson, Jr., as Executor of Edith D. Macy, Deceased, Respondent, v The Birchwood Nursing Home Partnership et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 187–188

Head Matter:
Benjamin Hendrickson, Jr., as Executor of Edith D. Macy, Deceased, Respondent, v The Birchwood Nursing Home Partnership et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
[807 NYS2d 876]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered October 20, 2004, which denied defendants' motion for a change of venue from New York County to Suffolk County, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted.
The motion was brought within a reasonable time after commencement of the action (CPLR 511 [a]; cf. Jacobo v A.H.A. Gen. Constr., 220 AD2d 300 [1995]), and should have been granted in view of the parties' written agreement clearly fixing the place of trial in Suffolk County (CPLR 501; see Buhler v French Woods Festival of Performing Arts, 154 AD2d 303, 305 [1989]).
Plaintiffs claim that the contract, including the venue provision, is unenforceable is not supported by the record, and we reject it. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Andrias, Saxe, Nardelli and Malone, JJ.