Arslanian v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Decision Date16 June 1986
Docket NumberNo. 1,No. 4,No. 5,No. 2,No. 3,1,2,3,4,5
Citation121 A.D.2d 492,504 N.Y.S.2d 13
PartiesJudith ARSLANIAN, Appellant, Richard Arslanian, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants-Respondents, Ralph Oldsmobile, et al., Defendants-Appellants, et al., Defendants. (Action). Charles J. DISTASIO, Respondent, v. LONG ISLAND BUTTER AND EGG CO., et al., Appellants. (Action). Raquel E. MEYER, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Charles DISTASIO, Defendant-Respondent, Ralph Oldsmobile, et al., Defendants-Appellants. (Action). John DUBIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Charles J. DISTASIO, et al., Defendants-Respondents, Ralph Oldsmobile, et al., Defendants-Appellants. (Action). John DUBIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants-Respondents.(Action).
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Montfort, Healy, McGuire & Salley, Mineola (E. Richard Rimmels, Jr., Fredric H. Montfort and Michael A. Baranowicz, of counsel), for defendants-appellants Ralph Oldsmobile and Ralph Olds Leasing Corp.

Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York City (Herbert Rubin, Edward L. Birnbaum and David B. Hamm, of counsel), for defendant-respondent Volkswagen of America, Inc.

William A. Scorzari, P.C., Huntington (Michael F. Perrotta, of counsel), for appellant Judith Arslanian in Action No. 1.

J.M. Furey & R.J. Furey, Hempstead, for appellants Judith Arslanian and Long Island Butter and Egg Co. in Action No. 2.

Before WEINSTEIN, J.P., and NIEHOFF, KUNZEMAN and SPATT, JJ.

MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.

In actions to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., Judith Arslanian, Long Island Butter and Egg Co., Ralph Oldsmobile, and Ralph Olds Leasing Corp., separately appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Levitt, J.), dated September 23, 1985, as "adversely affect[s]" their respective interests.

Appeals dismissed, without costs or disbursements. The stay contained in the order of this court dated October 21, 1985, is hereby vacated.

The appeals are dismissed because the order appealed from did not decide a motion made on notice, and hence, is not appealable as of right (CPLR 5701[a][2] ). An appeal as of right to the Appellate Division may be taken only from a final or interlocutory judgment (CPLR 5701[a][1] ), or from an order deciding a motion made upon notice (CPLR 5701[a][2]; see, Cohalan v. Johnson Elec. Constr. Corp., 105 A.D.2d 770, 481 N.Y.S.2d 714). In light of...

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