Dores v. New York Medical Group

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.), entered January 26, 1998, which denied the motion of defendant Mohammed and the cross motion of remaining defendants for change of venue from Bronx County to Westchester County, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

On a motion for change of venue on the basis of convenience of witnesses, the movant bears the burden of demonstrating that the convenience of the witnesses would be served by a change (Alvarez v D & K Constr., 221 AD2d 224). Here, blatantly absent from the motions is any evidence of the identity of the witnesses; that the witnesses…