Ashkenazi v. Rent-A-Car

Full title: MALKIE ASHKENAZI, respondent, v. HERTZ RENT-A-CAR, appellant

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

Date published: Feb 2, 2004

4 A.D.3d 317 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

772 N.Y.S.2d 339

Opinion

2003-00453.

Decided February 2, 2004.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), dated November 14, 2002, which denied, without prejudice, its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Rubin, Fiorella Friedman, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Charles T. Rubin and Emily Boris Rudowitz of counsel), for appellant.

Avrohom Becker, New York, N.Y. (Ephrem Wertenteil of counsel), for respondent.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT and BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Under the circumstances of this case, the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, made prior to conducting depositions, was properly denied without prejudice ( see CPLR 3212[f]; Elson v. Defren, 283 A.D.2d 109, 117).

SANTUCCI, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, SCHMIDT and COZIER, JJ., concur.