Pitney Bowes Credit Corp. v. Biometrics/Seafield Center

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Cohalan, J.), dated May 8, 2002, which denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 602 (a) to consolidate the instant action with an action entitled Biometrics Weight Loss Corp. v Providence Washington Ins. Co., pending in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, under Index No. 11545/01.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

A motion to consolidate actions pursuant to CPLR 602 (a) rests in the sound discretion of the trial court (see…