Carey v. Empire Paratransit Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered on or about September 15, 2010, which, in an action for personal injuries, granted defendants’ motion to transfer venue from Bronx County to New York County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*521CPLR 502 governs the instant case and not McKinney’s Consolidated Laws of NY, Book 1, Statutes § 238, since CPLR 502 directly address the situation herein, namely, conflicting venue provisions “because of joinder of claims or parties” (CPLR 502). Accordingly, the motion court was well within its discretion “to lay venue in a location…