Hartigan v. Kurian
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered on or about June 27, 1995, which, inter alia, denied defendants Kurian and Palmer’s motion for a change of venue to Westchester County pursuant to CPLR 510 (3), unanimously affirmed, with costs.
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 AD2d 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…
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