Berman v. County of Suffolk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and injury to property, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Baisley, Jr., J.), dated July 28, 2005, which denied their motion for a unified trial on the issues of liability and damages.
*308Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
As a general rule, questions of liability and damages in a negligence action represent distinct and severable issues which should be tried and determined separately (see 22 NYCRR 202.42 [a]; Barrera v Skaggs-Walsh, Inc., 279 AD2d 442 [2001]; Rothbard v…
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