Crovato v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Wilma Guzman, J.), entered September 16, 2015, which, in an action for personal injuries, denied defendants-appellants’ motion to change venue from Bronx County to Westchester County and granted plaintiff’s cross motion to retain venue in Bronx County, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the matter remanded for a hearing to resolve the factual issues raised in the motions.

The denial of defendants’ motion to change venue from Bronx County to Westchester County without a hearing was an improvident exercise of discretion. Once a movant…