Sannella v. Plainview Fire Department

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Sannella v. Plainview Fire Department

136 A.D.2d 617, 523 N.Y.S.2d 593, 1988 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 404

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJanuary 19, 1988

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Sannella v. Plainview Fire Department, 136 A.D.2d 617, 523 N.Y.S.2d 593, 1988 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 404 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1988).

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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 AD2d 854; Zioncheck v Zioncheck, 99 AD2d 563). 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 NY2d 542). Bracken, J. P., Kunzeman, Eiber and Harwood, JJ., concur.

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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 AD2d 854; Zioncheck v Zioncheck, 99 AD2d 563). 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 NY2d 542). Bracken, J. P., Kunzeman, Eiber and Harwood, JJ., concur.

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136 A.D.2d 617, 523 N.Y.S.2d 593, 1988 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 404, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/sannella-v-plainview-fire-department-nyappdiv-1988.

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