Lawrence v. Volvo Cars of North America, Inc.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, III, J.), entered August 22, 1995, which granted defendants’ motion pursuant to CPLR 510 (3) for a change of venue from New York County to Rockland County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this action to recover damages for injuries sustained when plaintiff’s Volvo car caught fire in Rockland County, venue was placed in New York County solely on the basis that defendant-respondent had designated that county as its principal place of business. The IAS Court’s grant of a change of venue to Rock-land County was a proper exercise of…