Legal Opinion
Ohrenstein v. LaGuardia Racquet Club, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 25, 1986PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert White, J.), entered July 2, 1985, which denied defendant’s motion to change the venue of the action from New York County to Queens County, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, and the motion to change venue to Queens County granted, without costs.
A motion for a change of venue lies within the discretion of Special Term and its determination will generally not be reversed on appeal unless it clearly appears that there was an abuse of that discretion, or that the court erred in coming to the conclusion that…
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