Rhymer v. New York Transit Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered on or about October 25, 2002, which granted the motion of the corporate defendant and the cross motion of the Transit Authority defendants for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

After several adjournments at plaintiff’s behest, plaintiff missed the motion court’s final deadline of September 13, 2002 for submitting opposition papers. Those papers were ultimately submitted 3½ weeks later, on October 7. At the hearing on return of the motions, on October 10, counsel advised the court,…