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Fred Labissiere v. Pigeon Roland

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 30, 1996
231 A.D.2d 687 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Summary

holding plaintiff's submissions “will not suffice to establish residency for purposes of defeating a properly brought motion to change venue” and directing venue of action to be changed from Kings County to Nassau County

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Opinion

September 30, 1996.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feinberg, J.), dated July 12, 1995, which denied their motion to change the venue of the action from Kings County to Nassau County.

Before: Rosenblatt, J.P., Thompson, Santucci, Altman and Hart, JJ.


Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, the motion is granted, and the venue of the action is changed from Kings County to Nassau County.

On April 27, 1994, the plaintiff and the defendants were involved in an automobile accident. The plaintiff's driver's license and vehicle registration reflected a Nassau County address. On or about October 13, 1994, the plaintiff commenced the instant action in the Supreme Court, Kings County, to recover damages for personal injuries, claiming to be a resident of Kings County. The Supreme Court denied the defendants' subsequent motion for a change of venue to Nassau County.

We disagree. Aside from his conclusory statement that at the time of the accident he resided at 120 Kenilworth Place in Brooklyn and that shortly after the accident occurred, he moved to 3412 Beverly Road in Brooklyn, which is also the residence of his grandmother, the plaintiff has failed to establish through documentary evidence that he actually resided in Kings County at the time he commenced this action, much less that, he resided there with any degree of permanence ( see, Katz v Siroty, 62 AD2d 1011, 1012). The plaintiffs receipt of two letters at the Brooklyn address will not suffice to establish residency for purposes of defeating a properly brought motion to change venue ( see, Martinez v Semicevic, 178 AD2d 228). Moreover, evidence that the plaintiff allegedly resided at his grandmother's house in Brooklyn after the commencement of the action is irrelevant to this determination ( see, Mandelbaum v Mandelbaum, 151 AD2d 727; Siegfried v Siegfried, 92 AD2d 916).


Summaries of

Fred Labissiere v. Pigeon Roland

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 30, 1996
231 A.D.2d 687 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

holding plaintiff's submissions “will not suffice to establish residency for purposes of defeating a properly brought motion to change venue” and directing venue of action to be changed from Kings County to Nassau County

Summary of this case from MIC Gen. Ins. Corp. v. Qadri
Case details for

Fred Labissiere v. Pigeon Roland

Case Details

Full title:FRED LABISSIERE, Respondent, v. PIGEON ROLAND et al., Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Sep 30, 1996

Citations

231 A.D.2d 687 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
647 N.Y.S.2d 541

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