McConville v. Makita U.S.A., Inc.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Schoenfeld, J.), entered on or about March 18, 1993, which denied defendant’s motion for a change of venue to Rockland County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a Rockland County resident, claims that he was injured by a defective product in the course of his employment in New Jersey. The only basis for venue in New York County is the designation of New York County in defendant’s 1970 certification of incorporation as the location of its principal office, although defendant represents that its principal place of business is in…