Trepel v. Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (DiNoto, J.), dated April 2, 1998, which granted the plaintiffs motion for leave to reargue and, upon re-argument, denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the cause of action asserted in the complaint to recover damages for pain and suffering.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly concluded that the time within which an action must be commenced under Public Authorities Law § 1276 (2) constitutes a period of limitation…