Barney v. Rochester Institute of Technology

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Kahn, J.), entered December 16,1983 in Albany County, which denied defendant’s motion to change venue from Albany County to Monroe County.

Plaintiff commenced this action in Albany County, her place of residence, seeking to recover for personal injuries she received when struck by an automobile as she was walking along Wiltsie Drive on defendant’s campus. Defendant answered and thereafter moved pursuant to CPLR 510 (subd 3) to change the place of trial to Monroe County, where defendant’s campus is located and where several of the…