Opriciu v. Cleveland Tankers, Inc.

—Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Erie County (Flaherty, J.), entered June 8, 2001, which denied defendant’s motion to change venue from Bronx County to Erie County and granted plaintiff’s cross motion to retain venue in Bronx County.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law with costs and the matter is remitted to Supreme Court, Erie County, for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in summarily denying defendant’s motion to change the venue of this action from Bronx…