Opinion
Motion No: CA 12-00809 DOCKET NO. CA 12-00810
05-24-2012
RENEE SCIARA AND MATTHEW SCIARA, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS-RESPONDENTS, v. SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF WESTERN NEW YORK, P.C., AND GEORGE BLESSIOS, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. USHA CHOPRA, M.D. AND FAGER AND AMSLER, LLP, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 1.) RENEE SCIARA AND MATTHEW SCIARA, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF WESTERN NEW YORK, P.C., AND GEORGE BLESSIOS, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)
PRESENT: , P. J., SMITH, CENTRA, FAHEY, AND PERADOTTO, JJ.
Plaintiffs having moved to consolidate the appeals taken herein from orders of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on September 14, 2011, and September 19, 2011, and to preclude defendants and their counsel from participating in appeal No. 1,
Now, upon reading and filing the affidavits of Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., sworn to April 20, 2012, and May 10, 2012, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the affidavit of Elizabeth G. Adymy, Esq., sworn to May 7, 2012, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to consolidate the appeals is granted and the appeals from the orders entered September 14, 2011, and September 19, 2011, are hereby consolidated for the purposes of perfecting and arguing the appeals, and
It is further ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.
Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk