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Golia v. Golia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 13, 2001
286 A.D.2d 368 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Submitted May 15, 2001.

August 13, 2001.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, Lydia Golia, as personal representative of the deceased defendant, Giovanni Golia, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), dated October 3, 2000, which denied the motion purportedly made by the deceased defendant to dismiss the complaint and granted the plaintiff's unopposed cross motion to substitute Lydia Golia, the deceased defendant's widow, for the deceased defendant.

Robert P. Tusa, Garden City, N.Y. (David Holmes of counsel), for appellant.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.


ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, and the provision of the order dated October 3, 2000, which denied the motion purportedly made by the deceased defendant is vacated.

That portion of the order which denied the motion purportedly made by the deceased defendant is a nullity and must be vacated. Further, the purported appeal from that portion of the order must be dismissed (see, Bluestein v. City of New York, 280 A.D.2d 506). The appeal from so much of the order as granted the plaintiff's cross motion to substitute the deceased's widow for the deceased defendant must also be dismissed, since the cross motion was granted without opposition (see, CPLR 5511; Katz v. Katz, 68 A.D.2d 536).

SANTUCCI, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, LUCIANO and ADAMS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Golia v. Golia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 13, 2001
286 A.D.2d 368 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

Golia v. Golia

Case Details

Full title:PETER GOLIA, respondent, v. GIOVANNI GOLIA, appellant

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

Date published: Aug 13, 2001

Citations

286 A.D.2d 368 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
728 N.Y.S.2d 708

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