Tamilla Mukhailova v Kings Plaza and Vornado Realty Trust

Mukhailova v Kings Plaza & Vornado Realty Trust 2006 NY Slip Op 01286 [26 AD3d 420] February 21, 2006 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Tamilla Mukhailova, Respondent,
v
Kings Plaza and Vornado Realty Trust et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. Partners Cleaning, LLC, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent; Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

—[*1]In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the third-party defendant Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), dated June 15, 2005, as granted its motion to sever the third-party action only to the extent that severance was deferred until the time of trial.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Under the circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court properly granted the appellant's motion to sever the third-party action only to the extent that severance was deferred until the time of trial. Schmidt, J.P., Krausman, Luciano and Covello, JJ., concur.