Bent v. Witter

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered on or about July 18, 1989, which, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to strike the action from the calendar because discovery was not complete and further denied defendant’s motion to. strike plaintiff’s jury demand, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of striking plaintiff’s demand for a jury trial, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

While the parties differ as to the exact nature of this action, its essence appears to be that the plaintiff, a woman in her eighties, and the defendant, a relative, entered into a…