Filler v. Cornell University

— In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Cusick, J.), dated July 10, 1987, which denied its motion for a change of venue.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Venue motions are directed to the discretion of the trial court. Absent a clearly improvident exercise of discretion, a determination of a motion to change venue pursuant to CPLR 510 (3) will not be disturbed on appeal. Under the circumstances presented here, we cannot say that the court improvidently exercised its…