Opinion
9476 Index 805199/15
05-30-2019
Lorraine RACHIMI, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Howard L. SACHER, D.O., Defendant–Appellant, St. Francis Hospital, et al., Defendants.
Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, LLP, Lake Success (Nicholas Tam of counsel), for appellant. Koss & Schonfeld, LLP, New York (Jacob J. Schindelheim of counsel), for respondent.
Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, LLP, Lake Success (Nicholas Tam of counsel), for appellant.
Koss & Schonfeld, LLP, New York (Jacob J. Schindelheim of counsel), for respondent.
Friedman, J.P., Gische, Webber, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Judith N. McMahon, J.), entered March 22, 2018, which granted defendant Howard L. Sacher, D.O.'s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3126 to the extent of issuing a conditional order of preclusion, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The determination of the motion court was a provident exercise of discretion (see generally Gomez v. New York City Hous. Auth. , 217 A.D.2d 110, 114, 636 N.Y.S.2d 271 [1st Dept. 1995] ). In light of the preference that matters be decided on the merits, a conditional order of preclusion was within the ambit of available remedies for the trial court to impose.