Legal Opinion
Iszkiewicz v. Town of Lancaster
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 18, 2005PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Eugene M. Fahey, J.), entered July 1, 2004 in a personal injury action. The order denied plaintiffs motion to bifurcate the trial.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs motion to bifurcate the trial. In opposing the motion, defendants established that “bifurcation would not ‘assist in a clarification or simplification of issues and a fair and more expeditious resolution of the action’ ”…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Echeverria v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Mazur v. MazurAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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