Padula v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for injury to property, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Aliotta, J), dated August 8, 2007, which granted the defendant’s motion to consolidate the action with four other actions and denied the plaintiffs’ cross motion for a joint trial of the actions instead of consolidation.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the defendant’s motion to consolidate the action with four other actions against the municipal defendant in the interest of judicial…