Martinez v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jacobson, J.), dated March 21, 2003, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in allowing the defendant to make a late motion for summary judgment. The Supreme Court has “wide latitude” in deciding whether to allow late motions for summary judgment (Williams v Nicolaou, 284 AD2d 451 [2001]). Here, the defendant filed its…