Stabler v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered on or about April 5, 1989, which denied plaintiff’s motion for a continuance and dismissed the action, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, and the matter restored to the Trial Calendar, without costs.

Clearly, the IAS court has the authority to direct a bifurcated trial "[i]n furtherance of convenience”. (CPLR 603; County of Chenango Indus. Dev. Agency v Lockwood Greene Engrs., 111 AD2d 508, 509.) An examination of the circumstances of this case, however, persuades us that the…