Opinion
2014-06-17
Dionne GORBEA, et al., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. Garthe E. DeCOHEN, et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Gregory G. Smith, New York, for appellants. Wallace D. Gossett, Brooklyn (Lawrence Heisler of Counsel), for Respondents.
Gregory G. Smith, New York, for appellants. Wallace D. Gossett, Brooklyn (Lawrence Heisler of Counsel), for Respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol E. Huff, J.), entered April 9, 2013, which, after a jury trial, denied plaintiffs' motion to set aside the jury verdict and for a new trial under CPLR 4404(a), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly denied the motion as defective due to plaintiffs' failure to annex the trial transcript to their motion. Given the nature of the issues raised on this particular motion, the absence of a transcript, or relevant portions thereof, precluded a meaningful review ( see e.g. Tesciuba v. Cataldo, 189 A.D.2d 655, 655, 592 N.Y.S.2d 326 [1st Dept.1993];Blechman v. The New York City Tr. Auth., 2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 30716[U], 2014 WL 1254656 [Sup.Ct., N.Y. County 2014];McCarthy v. 390 Tower Assocs., 9 Misc.3d 219, 221, 800 N.Y.S.2d 875 [Sup.Ct., N.Y. County 2005]; but see Miller v. City of New York, 2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 30343 [U], 2013 WL 654594 [Sup.Ct., N.Y. County 2013] ). In any event, notwithstanding the claimed evidentiary errors, the two competing versions of the accident were clearly before the jury, and whether viewed singly or cumulatively, the errors claimed, if any, were harmless. MAZZARELLI, J.P., FRIEDMAN, SAXE, FEINMAN, JJ., concur.