Legal Opinion
Shumski v. Loya
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 14, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., nonparties Edwards Superstores and First National Supermar*717kets appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Tanenbaum, J.), entered August 10, 2007, which granted the plaintiffs’ motion pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 (5) for judicial approval of the voluntary discontinuance of the action, nunc pro tunc.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A motion for judicial approval pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 (5) is addressed to the sound discretion of the Supreme Court (see Matter of Reynar v…
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- DeRosa v. PetrylakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Zamfino v. FurmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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