Pro Brokerage, Inc. v. Home Ins. Co.

Decision Date06 March 1984
Citation99 A.D.2d 971,472 N.Y.S.2d 661
PartiesPRO BROKERAGE, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

A.P. Mantovani, New York City, for plaintiff-respondent.

S.J. Ugelow, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before SANDLER, J.P., and ASCH, SILVERMAN, LYNCH and ALEXANDER, JJ.

MEMORANDUM DECISION.

Order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered June 15, 1983, which granted plaintiff's motion for reargument and upon reargument, recalled its earlier decision and order which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint; and denied said motion for summary judgment, with leave to renew upon completion of further discovery by the plaintiffs and directed that said discovery be completed within 60 days, is unanimously reversed on the law with costs; the motion for reargument is denied, the order and decision granting defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is reinstated and the complaint is dismissed.

Special Term appropriately observed in its initial order and decision granting summary judgment to the defendant that in a note of issue dated September 7, 1982, plaintiff had indicated that all necessary discovery proceedings had been completed. The fact that the case had been removed from the calendar by agreement between the parties in October of 1982, and was not on the calendar at the time the motion for summary judgment was made is irrelevant. Moreover, it appears that the parties agreed at an October 1, 1982 pre-trial conference that the note of issue be withdrawn and the case marked off the calendar in order to allow the defendant to make the motion for summary judgment. It was agreed that if the defendant's summary judgment motion was denied, the...

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