Brady v. Exxon Co., U.S.A.

Order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jack Turret, J.), entered July 11, 1988, which granted a motion by third-party defendant Dover Corporation/OPW Division (Dover) for a change of venue to Rockland County, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and the motion for a change of venue denied, without costs.

Plaintiff James Brady sustained an injury to his eye when the nozzle of the hose on a gas pump malfunctioned on February 18, 1984 at an Exxon gas station located in Bardonia, New York, in Rockland County. On September 24, 1986 plaintiffs commenced this action in Bronx County by…