Opinion
2013-05-9
Felix GARCIA, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, et al., Defendants–Appellants.
Hannum Feretic Prendergast & Merlino, LLC, New York (Matthew J. Zizzamia of counsel), for The New York Times Company, appellant. Rende, Ryan & Downes, LLP, White Plains (Roland T. Koke of counsel), for TS 229 West 43rd Street, L.L.C., appellant.
Hannum Feretic Prendergast & Merlino, LLC, New York (Matthew J. Zizzamia of counsel), for The New York Times Company, appellant. Rende, Ryan & Downes, LLP, White Plains (Roland T. Koke of counsel), for TS 229 West 43rd Street, L.L.C., appellant.
Peña & Kahn PLLC, Bronx (Diane Welch Bando of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered on or about January 6, 2012, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, in this action alleging violations of the Labor Law, denied defendants' motion for an extension of time to file a summary judgment motion, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered June 6, 2012, which denied defendants' motion to renew and reargue, deemed to be an order denying a motion to reargue only, and so considered, the appeal therefrom unanimously dismissed, without costs, as taken from a nonappealable paper.
Defendants failed to offer a plausible excuse as to why they failed to secure a sworn statement from plaintiff's foreman although 2 1/2 years had transpired since plaintiff's deposition where defendants learned of the foreman's involvement at the accident site. Accordingly, the court exercised its discretion in a provident manner in denying defendants a further extension of the time in which to file their summary judgment motion so as to permit them to obtain and incorporate such statement in the motion ( see Brill v. City of New York, 2 N.Y.3d 648, 651–652, 781 N.Y.S.2d 261, 814 N.E.2d 431 [2004];see also Gibbs v. St. Barnabas Hosp., 16 N.Y.3d 74, 81, 917 N.Y.S.2d 68, 942 N.E.2d 277 [2010] ).
Furthermore, since defendants failed to show any new facts which were not previously considered by the court on the original motion, their motion to renew and reargue was actually one for reargument only, the denial of which is nonappealable ( see D'Andrea v. Hutchins, 69 A.D.3d 541, 892 N.Y.S.2d 761 [1st Dept. 2010] ).