Hoogland v. Transport Expressway, Inc.

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), both entered August 19, 2004, which, in each action, granted the motion of defendants Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaishi and NYK Line (North America) Inc. to change venue from New York to Orange County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court correctly granted defendants’ motions to change venue since defendants made the requisite showing that retention of the actions in New York County would inconvenience nonparty material witnesses (see CPLR 510 [3]; Rodriguez-Lebron v Sunoco, Inc., 18 AD3d 275, 276 [2005]). Defendants…