Torello v. Morton Williams Supermarkets, Inc.

2024 NY Slip Op 33591(U)

• Court: New York Supreme Court, New York County
• Decided: October 7, 2024
• Docket: Index No. 159072/2021
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Torello v Morton Williams Supermarkets, Inc. 2024 NY Slip Op 33591(U) October 7, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 159072/2021 Judge: Suzanne J. Adams Cases posted with a "30000" identifier, i.e., 2013 NY Slip Op 30001(U), are republished from various New York State and local government sources, including the New York State Unified Court System's eCourts Service. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication. INDEX NO. 159072/2021 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 82 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/08/20241

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY PRESENT: HON.SUZANNEJ.ADAMS PART 39M Justice --------------------------------------------------X IN DEX NO. 159072/2021 Torello, Don MOTION DATE 07/29/2024 Plaintiff, MOTION SEQ. NO. -----=-00-=--4-'------ -v- Morton Williams Supermarkets, Inc. et al DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION Defendant. _______________ , ___ ,-----------X

MARLO TOWERS OWNERS, INC., HALSTEAD Third-Party MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC ·. Index No. 595408/2023

Plaintiff,

-against-

GRAY & WHITE HOLDING, LLC

Defendant. _______________________________,______________,_______ x

The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 004) 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 were read on this motion to/for CONSOLIDATE/JOIN FOR TRIAL

Upon the foregoing documents, it is ordered that defendants' motion is granted, without

opposition. This matter arises out of an April 14, 2021, trip-and-fall incident which plaintiff alleges

occurred at the premises located at 908 Second Avenue a/k/a 301 East 48th Street. Plaintiff

commenced the instant action on October 4, 2021. Thereafter, plaintiff commenced a second

action, Don Torello v. Gray & White Holding LLC, Gray & White Markets, Inc .. , RBG

Management Corp., Marlo-Woods,, LLC, and Marlo Woods, L.P., currently pending in Supreme

Court, New York County, under Index Number 152830/2024, arising out of the same incident and

involving common questions of law and fact. Defendants now move pursuant to CPLR § 602 to

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consolidate or, in the alternative, to join the above-captioned matters for the purposes of discovery

and trial. There is no opposition to the motion.

"Consolidation is appropriate where it will avoid unnecessary duplication of trials, save

unnecessary costs and expense and prevent the injustice which would result from divergent

decisions based on the same facts." Chinatown Apartments, Inc. v. New York City Transit Auth.,

100 A.D.2d 824, 825 (1st Dep't 1984). In New York practice, "a matter is normally consolidated

into the older index number .... " Castillo v. Caroleo, 2020 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 21451, at *1 (Sup.

Ct. Nassau 2020). Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED that defendants' motion 1s granted and the above-captioned action 1s

consolidated in this court with the action Don Torello v. Gray & White Holding LLC, Gray &

White Markets, Inc .. , RBG Management Corp., Marlo-Woods,, LLC, and Marlo Woods, L.P.,

bearing Index Number 152830/2024; and it is further

ORDERED that the consolidation shall take place under Index Number 159072/2021 and !I I

the consolidated action shall bear the following caption:

DON TORELLO,

Plaintiff, -against-

MORTON WILLIAMS SUPERMARKETS, INC; MARLO TOWERS OWNERS, INC., HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, GRAY & WHITE HOLDING LLC, GRAY & WHITE MARKETS, INC., RBG MANAGEMENT CORP., MARLO-WOODS, LLC, I, and MARLO WOODS, L.P .. , I

Defendants.

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and it is further

ORDERED that the pleadings m the actions hereby consolidated shall stand as the

pleadings in the consolidated action; and it is further

ORDERED that, within 30 days from entry of this order, movants shall serve a copy of this

order with notice of entry upon all parties in the consolidated actions and on the Clerk of the Court

(60 Centre Street, Room 141 B), who shall consolidate the documents in the actions hereby

consolidated and shall mark his records to reflect the consolidation; and it is further

ORDERED that counsel for the movants shall contact the staff of the Clerk of the Court to

arrange for the effectuation of the consolidation hereby directed; and it is further

ORDERED that service of this order upon the Clerk of the Court shall be made m

accordance with the procedures set forth in the Protocol on Courthouse and County Clerk

Procedures for Electronically Filed Cases (accessible at the "E-Filing" page on the court's website

at the address www.nycourts.gov/supctmanh); and it is further I I

ORDERED that, as applicable and insofar as is practical, the Clerk of this Court shall file

the documents being consolidated in the consolidated case file under the index number of the

consolidated action in the New York State Courts Electronic Filing System or make appropriate

notations of such documents in the e-filing records of the court so as to ensure access to the

documents in the consolidated action; and it is further

ORDERED that, within 30 days from entry of this order, movants shall serve a copy of this

order with notice of entry on the Clerk of the General Clerk's Office (60 Centre Street, Room 119),

who is hereby directed to reflect the consolidation by appropriately marking the court's records; I

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ORDERED that such service upon the Clerk of the General Clerk's Office shall be in

accordance with the procedures set forth in the aforesaid Protocol.

This constitutes the decision and order of the court.

10/7/2024 DATE SUZANNE J. ADAMS, J.S.C. CHECK ONE: CASE DISPOSED ~ NON-FINAL DISPOSITION □ DENIED □ GRANTED GRANTED IN PART OTHER

APPLICATION: SETTLE ORDER SUBMIT ORDER

□ CHECK IF APPROPRIATE: INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT REFERENCE

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