Legal Opinion
Addo v. Melnick
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 9, 2009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan J. Saks, J.), entered February 20, 2008, which upon granting plaintiffs motion for reargument, denied defendants’ motion for a change of venue from Bronx County to Westchester County, reversed, on the law, without costs, defendants’ motion granted, and venue changed to Westchester County.
On reargument, the court denied defendants’ motion because the alleged malpractice occurred in the Bronx. However, venue is based on the parties’ residence (CELR 503 [a]), not where the cause of action arose (Hitchoff v Air Brook Limousine, Inc., 26 AD3d 310 [2006]).…
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