Vered v. Wittenberg

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene P. Bluth, J.), entered May 5, 2015, which, in an action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in Suffolk County, denied defendant’s motion to change venue from New York County to Suffolk County, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the motion granted.

Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s motion to change venue pursuant to CPLR 510 (3). Defendant showed that nonparty material witnesses— including the police officer, detective, and paramedics who responded to the scene of the…