Opinion
08-16-2017
YUHUA HAN, et al., appellants, v. Eduard GLADYSHEV, also known as Eduaro Gladyshev, respondent.
Sim & Record, LLP, Bayside, NY (Sang J. Sim of counsel), for appellants. Russo & Tambasco, Melville, NY (Susan J. Mitola of counsel), for respondent.
Sim & Record, LLP, Bayside, NY (Sang J. Sim of counsel), for appellants.
Russo & Tambasco, Melville, NY (Susan J. Mitola of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated April 5, 2016, which denied their motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability with leave to renew upon the completion of discovery.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff Yuhua Han (hereinafter the injured plaintiff) allegedly was walking across Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn when she was struck by the defendant's vehicle. Thereafter, the injured plaintiff, and her husband suing derivatively, commenced this action against the defendant. Before anyone was deposed, the plaintiffs moved for summary judgment on the issue of liability. The Supreme Court denied the motion with leave to renew upon the completion of discovery. We affirm.Contrary to the plaintiffs' contention, the Supreme Court properly determined that, at this stage of the case, the plaintiffs' motion was premature. No one has been deposed, and the defendant has not had an adequate opportunity to conduct discovery. Moreover, the injured plaintiff and the defendant submitted affidavits containing discrepancies pertaining to the circumstances of the subject accident (see Bond v. DeMasco, 84 A.D.3d 1292, 1293, 923 N.Y.S.2d 902 ; Cardone v. Poidamani, 73 A.D.3d 828, 902 N.Y.S.2d 121 ).
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability with leave to renew upon completion of discovery.
ENG, P.J., LEVENTHAL, SGROI and MALTESE, JJ., concur.