Witherspoon v. New York City Housing Authority

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered on or about November 29, 1995, which granted plaintiffs motion for a joint trial of two personal injury actions, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Here, two personal injury actions arising out of separate accidents involve a claim by plaintiff that the injuries alleged in the first action were exacerbated by the accident alleged in the second action. A claim by the defendant in one of the actions that the plaintiffs injuries were caused by the negligence of the defendant in the other action mandates that the two actions should…