Torres v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Luis Gonzalez, J.), entered August 17, 2001, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained by the infant plaintiff in a slip and fall on defendant’s premises, insofar as appealed from, granted plaintiffs motion to vacate a preliminary conference order dismissing the complaint for noncompliance with disclosure obligations, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The complaint was dismissed in an order dated November 19, 1999, rendered at a “compliance conference,” for failure “to comply with prior discovery directives.” This dismissal order, which was not…