Opinion
February 15, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.).
A motion to change venue on the ground of the convenience of witnesses is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court ( see, Pittman v. Maher, 202 A.D.2d 172, 176). The general statements of several nonparty post-operative treating physicians that it would be more convenient for them to testify in Westchester County, rather than Bronx County, are insufficient to warrant a change of venue ( see, Clark v. New Rochelle Hosp. Med. Ctr., 170 A.D.2d 271), especially in view of the long delay in making the motion.
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Milonas, Ellerin, Rubin and Kupferman, JJ.