Reid v. Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Center

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stanley Sklar, J.), entered December 1, 1992, which granted defendants’ motion to confirm the report of the Special Referee recommending a change of venue from New York County to Suffolk County, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

A hearing on the issue of plaintiffs’ residence was properly directed in view of the internal inconsistencies in their papers indicating a residence in three different counties (see, Cerniglia v Combes, 157 AD2d 499). At the hearing, which plaintiffs did not attend, the Special Referee correctly held that the verification of the…