Robles v. Microtech Contracting Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Robles v. Microtech Contracting Corp.

90 A.D.3d 531, 934 N.Y.2d 302

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided December 15, 2011·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

The court properly exercised its discretion in severing the second third-party action against Tokio Marine from the main action to avoid the prejudice that would result from the jury’s awareness of the existence of liability insurance (see Kelly v Yannotti, 4 NY2d 603, 607 [1958]; Chunn v New York City Hous. Auth., 55 AD3d 437 [2008]). Concur — Tom, J.P., Friedman, Freedman, Richter and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.

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The court properly exercised its discretion in severing the second third-party action against Tokio Marine from the main action to avoid the prejudice that would result from the jury’s awareness of the existence of liability insurance (see Kelly v Yannotti, 4 NY2d 603, 607 [1958]; Chunn v New York City Hous. Auth., 55 AD3d 437 [2008]). Concur — Tom, J.P., Friedman, Freedman, Richter and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.

Robles v. Microtech Contracting Corp., 90 A.D.3d 531, 934 N.Y.2d 302 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2011).

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