Chang Hyun Kim v. Consolidated Edison, Inc.

*391Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard R Silver, J.), entered February 28, 2006, which, in an action for personal injuries, denied plaintiffs motion to, inter alia, restore the action to the trial calendar, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff states that he did not appear in court on the date the trial was scheduled to commence because he was in South Korea visiting his elderly and “very ill” mother. Plaintiffs passport shows that he entered Korea one day before the scheduled trial date and returned to the United States about two weeks later. Plaintiffs affidavit, however, does…