Opinion
December 20, 1984
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Chemung County (Crew, III, J.).
The instant matter was recently before this court ( 99 A.D.2d 578), at which time we affirmed an order of Special Term, entered March 11, 1983, denying plaintiffs' motions for, inter alia, vacatur of the dismissal of their case. The suit, which arose out of a motor vehicle accident on September 27, 1978, had been stricken from the Trial Calendar of the Supreme Court of Chemung County in December, 1980, for plaintiffs' neglect to prosecute (CPLR 3404). Plaintiffs have since brought another motion for the same relief before Special Term, the denial of which is the subject of this appeal.
The doctrine of law of the case rendered Special Term's order of March 11, 1983, which denied plaintiffs' motion to vacate the dismissal, binding on the Special Term Justice in determining this second motion demanding the same relief (see Siegel, NY Prac, § 276, p 333; § 448, pp 593-594). Further, given this court's previous affirmance of the first order, Special Term was similarly constrained to deny the instant motion (see Blumenstock v. Weissman, 47 Misc.2d 266, 268, affd 50 Misc.2d 119; see, also, Bray v. Cox, 38 N.Y.2d 350). That denial is hereby affirmed.
Order affirmed, with costs. Main, J.P., Weiss, Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., and Levine, JJ., concur.