Opinion
03-16-2016
Jane DELLATORRI, appellant, v. RICHMOND COUNTY CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORP., et al., respondents.
The Law Firm of Ravi Batra, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Todd B. Sherman of counsel), for appellant. Molina, Villaplana, Colon & Baker, LLP, Bronx, N.Y. (Angela Baker of counsel), for respondent Richmond County Construction & Development Corp. Leon R. Kowalski (McGaw Alventosa & Zajac, Jericho, N.Y. [James K. O'Sullivan and Andrew Zajac ], of counsel), for respondent Gaeta Sanitation, Inc., also known as Gaeta Interior Demolition, Inc.
The Law Firm of Ravi Batra, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Todd B. Sherman of counsel), for appellant.
Molina, Villaplana, Colon & Baker, LLP, Bronx, N.Y. (Angela Baker of counsel), for respondent Richmond County Construction & Development Corp.
Leon R. Kowalski (McGaw Alventosa & Zajac, Jericho, N.Y. [James K. O'Sullivan and Andrew Zajac ], of counsel), for respondent Gaeta Sanitation, Inc., also known as Gaeta Interior Demolition, Inc.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an amended order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Green, J.), dated March 11, 2014, which, inter alia, denied her motion for leave to renew and reargue her opposition to those branches of the defendants' separate motions which were for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against each defendant, which had been granted in an order of the same court (Maltese, J.), dated December 18, 2012.
ORDERED that the appeal from so much of the amended order dated March 11, 2014, as denied that branch of the plaintiff's motion which was for leave to reargue is dismissed, as no appeal lies from an order denying reargument; and it is further,
ORDERED that the amended order dated March 11, 2014, is affirmed insofar as reviewed; and it is further,
ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the defendants.
The plaintiff failed to establish a reasonable justification for her failure to submit certain photographs of the site of her accident when she originally opposed the summary judgment motions and, in any event, the photographs would not have changed the prior determination (see Kamdem–Ouaffo v. Pepsico, Inc., 133 A.D.3d 828, 21 N.Y.S.3d 154 ; Ayala v. Gonzalez, 129 A.D.3d 874, 10 N.Y.S.3d 452 ).
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.
Therefore, the Supreme Court properly denied that branch of the plaintiff's motion which was for leave to renew her opposition to the defendants' separate summary judgment motions.
CHAMBERS, J.P., AUSTIN, SGROI and DUFFY, JJ., concur.
Clerk of the Court