Ertzel v. Hotel Wentworth

Order, Supreme Court, New York *653County (Louise Gruner Gans, J.), entered July 18, 2002, which denied plaintiffs motion to vacate the dismissal of the action and granted renewal and, upon renewal, denied further adjournment of the action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff, a foreign national, alleges that he was robbed of money and diamonds while a guest at defendant hotel. Supreme Court adjourned trial on numerous occasions based on undocumented representations as to plaintiffs ill health when, in reality, plaintiff had been incarcerated, abroad, for a period of 12 months upon his…