Legal Opinion
Wassel v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 3, 2003PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Roy, J.), entered October 18, 2002, which, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion for a trial preference.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum: Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in granting plaintiff’s motion for a trial preference in this personal *753injury action on the basis of plaintiffs indigency (see Hoyt v Kazel, 265 AD2d 527, 527-528 [1999]) upon its determination that the “interests of justice will be served by an early trial” (CPLR 3403…
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- Nold v. City of TroyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Singh v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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3Cited by2 opinions
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