Sannella v. Plainview Fire Dept.
| Decision Date | 19 January 1988 |
| Citation | 136 A.D.2d 617,523 N.Y.S.2d 593 |
| Parties | Anthony SANNELLA, et al., Respondents, v. PLAINVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT, Defendant third-party Plaintiff-Appellant; County of Nassau, third-party Defendant-Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Morris, Graham, Stephens & McMorrow, Westbury (Richard O. Lee, of counsel), for defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant.
Edward T. O'Brien, Co. Atty., Mineola (Robert O. Boyhan, of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellant.
Barnett & Kolbrener, Westbury (Charles J. Barnett, of counsel), for respondents.
Before BRACKEN, J.P., and KUNZEMAN, EIBER and HARWOOD, JJ.
MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the third-party defendant County of Nassau, and the defendant third-party plaintiff Plainview Fire Department separately appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Christ, J.), dated June 2, 1987, which denied the third-party defendant's motion, which was joined in by the defendant third-party plaintiff, for an order pursuant to CPLR 3404 dismissing the action for failure to prosecute.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
We agree with the decision of the Supreme Court to restore this action to the calendar. The parties stipulated "in open court" to mark this action off the calendar to pursue other legal matters relevant to this action. It is well settled that an agreement between parties or their attorneys relating to any matter in "open court", even absent a writing, is binding upon the parties (CPLR 2104; Wimpy's Collision Works v. Miceli, 108 A.D.2d 854, 485 N.Y.S.2d 356; Zioncheck v. Zioncheck, 99 A.D.2d 563, 470 N.Y.S.2d 950). The agreement at bar is no exception. Moreover, the decision to restore a case to the trial calendar is within the court's discretionary power ( see, Marco v. Sachs, 10 N.Y.2d 542, 226 N.Y.S.2d 353, 181 N.E.2d 392).
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