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Muminovic v KPMG LLP
               2024 NY Slip Op 30800(U)
                     March 13, 2024
           Supreme Court, New York County
        Docket Number: Index No. 151651/2014
                  Judge: Debra A. James
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                                                                                                                         INDEX NO. 151651/2014
  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 320                                                                                           RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/13/2024

                                   SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
                                             NEW YORK COUNTY
            PRESENT:             HON. DEBRA A. JAMES                                              PART     59
                                                                                      Justice
            ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------X    INDEX NO.             151651/2014
             JASMINA MUMINOVIC,
                                                                                                  MOTION DATE            03/13/2024
                                                         Plaintiff,
                                                                                                  MOTION SEQ. NO.          004 005
                                                 -v-
             KPMG LLP, 345 PARK AVENUE L.P., and RUDIN
                                                                                                    DECISION + ORDER ON
             MANAGEMENT CO. INC.,
                                                                                                          MOTION
                                                         Defendants.
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               KPMG LLP,                                                                                 Index No. 595349/2016
                                                                                                          (Third Party Action #1)
                                                          Third-Party Plaintiff,

                                                 -against-

             MERLIN INDUSTRIES, INC,

                                                          Third-Party Defendant.
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                KPMG LLP,                                                                                Index No. 595879/ 2017
                                                                                                          (Third Party Action #2)
                                                  Second Third-Party Plaintiff,

                                                 -against-

             ARAMACK CORPORATION, PEPSICO, INC, CC VENDING,
             INC AND PEPSI-COAL BOTTLING COMPANY OF NEW YORK
             CITY INC,

                                                    Second Third-Party Defendants.
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            The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 004) 230, 231, 232, 233,

            259, 261, 262, 265, 266, 269, 270

                                                                                  VACATE/STRIKE - NOTE OF ISSUE/JURY
            were read on this motion to/for                                         DEMAND/FROM TRIAL CALENDAR                         .

             151651/2014 MUMINOVIC, JASMINA vs. KPMG LLP                                                                 Page 1 of 5
             Motion No. 004 005

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 320                                                                         RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/13/2024

            The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 005) 234, 235, 236, 237,
            238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 260,
            263, 264, 267, 268, 271, 272, 273
                                                                 VACATE/STRIKE - NOTE OF ISSUE/JURY
            were read on this motion to/for                         DEMAND/FROM TRIAL CALENDAR                    .

                                                            ORDER

                   Upon the foregoing documents, it is

                   ORDERED that the motion of defendants KPMG LLP, 345 Park

            Avenue LP, and Rudin Management Co, Inc, (motion sequence number

            004), the motion of third-party defendant Merlin Industries, and

            the cross motion of second third-party defendant CC Vending, Inc

            (motion sequence number 005) to vacate the note of issue pursuant

            to 22 NYCRR § 202.21(e) are granted and the note of issue is

            vacated, and the case is stricken from the trial calendar; and it

            is further

                   ORDERED that all further discovery in this matter shall be

            completed within sixty (60) days from service of a copy of this

            order with notice of entry, and the court otherwise orders that

            discovery is to continue and is not stayed pursuant to CPLR 3214;

            and it is further

                   ORDERED that counsel are directed to post on NYSCEF a proposed

            discovery status conference order or competing proposed discovery

            status conference order(s) at least two days before May 14, 2024,

            11:10 AM, on which date and time counsel shall appear via Microsoft

            Teams, unless such appearance be waived by the court; and it is

            further

            151651/2014 MUMINOVIC, JASMINA vs. KPMG LLP                                               Page 2 of 5
            Motion No. 004 005

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 320                                                              RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/13/2024

                  Counsel shall henceforth refrain from posting on NYSCEF any

            discovery demands, notices and/or                      testimony/records, save for

            bills    of     particulars,          as      amplified   pleadings,     produced          on

            discovery, (see, for e.g., Scollo v Good Samaritan Hospital, 175

            AD2d 278 [2d Dept 1991]), unless as exhibit(s) to a meritorious

            application, brought by notice of motion or order to show cause;

            and it is further;

                    ORDERED that, within fifteen (15) days from the entry of

            this order, any movant shall serve a copy of this order with notice

            of entry on all parties and upon the Clerk of the General Clerk’s

            Office, who is hereby directed to strike the case from the trial

            calendar and make all required notations thereof in the records of

            the court; and it is further

                  ORDERED that, within fifteen (15) days from completion of

            discovery as hereinabove directed, the plaintiff shall cause the

            action to be placed upon the trial calendar by the filing of a new

            note of issue and certificate of readiness (for which no fee shall

            be imposed), to which shall be attached a copy of this order; and

            it is further

                  ORDERED that such upon the Clerk of the General Clerk’s Office

            shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the

            Protocol       on     Courthouse           and   County    Clerk   Procedures              for

            Electronically Filed Cases (accessible at the “E-Filing” page on

            the court’s website).

            151651/2014 MUMINOVIC, JASMINA vs. KPMG LLP                                  Page 3 of 5
            Motion No. 004 005

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 320                                                              RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/13/2024

                                                          DECISION

                  Though plaintiff is correct that the deposition of second

            third-party defendant Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company did not take

            place on or before October 13, 2023, and has not occurred to

            date, leaving such third-party defendant in non-compliance with

            the directive of the discovery status conference order dated

            September 14, 2023, it was not for plaintiff to unilaterally

            determine that discovery was complete.                       Having so certified in

            her Certificate of Readiness, filed on November 10, 2023,

            plaintiff was in contravention of that same discovery status

            conference order of September 14, 2023, which directed counsel

            to post on NYSCEF proposed status conference order(s) at least

            two days before October 17, 2023, and on such date appear via

            Microsoft Teams for a conference.                       Moreover, in addition to the

            non-compliance of third-party defendant Pepsi-Cola Bottling

            Company, plaintiff does not disagree that demands for discovery,

            (post examinations before trial), have not been completed in

            accordance with the September 14, 2023. filed her Note of Issue

            and Certificate of Readiness.                   As material facts in the

            151651/2014 MUMINOVIC, JASMINA vs. KPMG LLP                                  Page 4 of 5
            Motion No. 004 005

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 320                                                                          RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/13/2024

            certificate of readiness are incorrect, the action must be

            stricken from the trial calendar.                         See Vargas v Villa Josefa

            Realty Corp, 28 AD3d 389 (1st Dept 2006).

                   3/13/2024
                     DATE                                                          DEBRA A. JAMES, J.S.C.
            CHECK ONE:                   CASE DISPOSED                 X   NON-FINAL DISPOSITION

                                     X   GRANTED             DENIED        GRANTED IN PART             OTHER

            APPLICATION:                 SETTLE ORDER                      SUBMIT ORDER

            CHECK IF APPROPRIATE:        INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN        FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT       REFERENCE

            151651/2014 MUMINOVIC, JASMINA vs. KPMG LLP                                              Page 5 of 5
            Motion No. 004 005

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