Opinion
June 18, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.).
The trial court properly exercised its discretion in granting plaintiff's motion to mark the case off the calendar (CPLR 3401) in consideration of plaintiff's need to subpoena a witness, and of in limine exclusion of the testimony of plaintiff's expert ( cf., Scarburgh Co. v. American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co., 65 A.D.2d 694; Keane v. Ranbar Packing, 121 A.D.2d 601). Any prejudice caused defendants was remedied by the imposition of $2,500 in costs to be paid to each. The subsequent grant of a 30-day extension to pay these costs was proper given the overriding policy of allowing cases to be decided on their merits.
Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Ellerin, Rubin and Kupferman, JJ.