Opinion
2012-10-24
Kevin THEN, etc., et al., appellants, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, respondent, et al., defendant.
Ira M. Perlman and Robert D. Rosen, Roslyn, N.Y., for appellants (one brief filed). Wallace D. Gossett, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Armienti, DeBellis, Guglielmo & Rhoden, LLP [Vanessa M. Corchia], of counsel), for respondent.
Ira M. Perlman and Robert D. Rosen, Roslyn, N.Y., for appellants (one brief filed). Wallace D. Gossett, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Armienti, DeBellis, Guglielmo & Rhoden, LLP [Vanessa M. Corchia], of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lane, J.), entered January 10, 2011, which denied their motion, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 3126(3) to strike the answer of the defendant New York City Transit Authority for failure to comply with a conditional order of preclusion of the same court dated March 4, 2009.
ORDERED that the order entered January 10, 2011, is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs' contention, the defendant New York City Transit Authority (hereinafter the NYCTA) timely complied with the Supreme Court's conditional order of preclusion dated March 4, 2009. Consequently, that conditional order never became absolute ( see Caval v. City of New York, 89 A.D.3d 885, 932 N.Y.S.2d 723;McGroarty v. Long Is. Coll. Hosp., 37 A.D.3d 431, 431, 829 N.Y.S.2d 615;cf. Pierre v. 100 Corp., 97 A.D.3d 804, 805, 949 N.Y.S.2d 423), and the Supreme Court correctly denied the plaintiffs' motion to strike the NYCTA's answer ( see Caval v. City of New York, 89 A.D.3d at 885, 932 N.Y.S.2d 723;McGroarty v. Long Is. Coll. Hosp., 37 A.D.3d at 431, 829 N.Y.S.2d 615).