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Caro Home v. 181 Westchester Ave. LLC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Mar 16, 2021
192 A.D.3d 503 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)

Opinion

13352N Index No. 151079/19 Case No. 2020-00603

03-16-2021

CARO HOME, et al., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. 181 WESTCHESTER AVE. LLC, et al., Defendants–Respondents.

Appell & Parrinelli, New York (John J. Appell of counsel), for appellants.


Appell & Parrinelli, New York (John J. Appell of counsel), for appellants.

Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Oing, Moulton, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lynn R. Kotler, J.), entered on or about December 18, 2019, which, to the extent appealed from, changed venue of the Jane and John Doe plaintiffs’ claims from New York County to Westchester County, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the change of venue of those claims vacated. Upon defendant 181 Westchester Ave. LLC's motion to change venue of this matter pursuant to CPLR 501 as to the claims asserted by plaintiff Caro Home, LLC, based on a contractual provision in a lease agreement between those two parties, the court erred in sua sponte changing venue as to the claims of the Jane and John Doe plaintiffs (see Bank of N.Y. v. Elance, Inc., 309 A.D.2d 725, 765 N.Y.S.2d 270 [2d Dept. 2003] ). Nor was there a showing of inconvenience of witnesses sufficient to support a change in venue (see e.g. Lividini v. Goldstein, 175 A.D.3d 420, 423, 107 N.Y.S.3d 18 [1st Dept. 2019] ).


Summaries of

Caro Home v. 181 Westchester Ave. LLC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Mar 16, 2021
192 A.D.3d 503 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)
Case details for

Caro Home v. 181 Westchester Ave. LLC

Case Details

Full title:Caro Home, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. 181 Westchester Ave. LLC, et…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 16, 2021

Citations

192 A.D.3d 503 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)
192 A.D.3d 503
2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 1504