Almuganahi v. Gonzalez

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Mark J. Grisanti, A.J.), entered May 30, 2017. The order granted defendant’s motion to bifurcate the trial in this action.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this negligence action seeking damages for injuries that he allegedly sustained when he was riding his bicycle and was involved in an accident with a vehicle operated by defendant. Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in granting defendant’s motion to bifurcate the trial. “As a general rule,…