Higgins v. County of Nassau

• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
• Writing for the Court: MANGANO
• Citation: Higgins v. County of Nassau, 432 N.Y.S.2d 673, 76 A.D.2d 881 (N.Y. App. Div. 1980)
• Decision Date: 16 June 1980
• Parties: Warren HIGGINS, Jr., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, Appellant, and Stannat Sample Service, Inc., et al., Defendants-Respondents.

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432 N.Y.S.2d 673

76 A.D.2d 881

Warren HIGGINS, Jr., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, Appellant and Stannat Sample Service, Inc., et al., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division Second Department.

June 16, 1980

Edward G. McCabe, County Atty., Mineola (Andrew J. Schatkin, Deputy County Atty., Mineola, of counsel), for appellant. Schoenfeld & Schoenfeld, Melville (Marvin H. Penstein, Melville, of counsel), for plaintiff-respondent. Raymond J. MacDonnell, New York City (Adolph B. Salib, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-respondent Jack Pearlstein.

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., which action was dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3404, the defendant County of Nassau appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (WIDLITZ, J.), dated January 3, 1980, which granted plaintiff's motion to vacate the dismissal and to restore the action to the trial calendar. Order reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and motion denied. It was an improvident exercise of discretion for Special Term to restore the action to the trial calendar. Plaintiff failed to make the requisite showing...