Fraser v. Cornelius

Opinion

Fraser v Cornelius

2026 NY Slip Op 04593

July 24, 2026

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

LOUIS A. FRASER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v

DAVID CORNELIUS, MICHAL CORNELIUS, DANA PERRIGO, AND KAREN PERRIGO, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 1.)

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Decided on July 24, 2026

333 CA 25-00729

Present: Lindley, J.P., Bannister, Montour, Greenwood, And Hannah, JJ.

WILLIAM MATTAR, P.C., ROCHESTER (MATTHEW J. KAISER OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

WALSH, ROBERTS & GRACE, BUFFALO (KEITH N. BOND OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT DAVID CORNELIUS.

CHELUS HERDZIK SPEYER & MONTE, P.C., BUFFALO (NICHOLAS M. HRICZKO OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS DANA PERRIGO AND KAREN PERRIGO.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Allegany County (Ronald D. Ploetz, A.J.), entered August 5, 2024. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied the motion of plaintiff to compel a second examination before trial of defendant David Cornelius.

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It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Fraser v Cornelius ([appeal No. 2] — AD3d — [July 24, 2026] [4th Dept 2026]).

Entered: July 24, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court