Spain v Teitlebaum

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Spain v Teitlebaum 2018 NY Slip Op 31343(U) May 17, 2018 Supreme Court, Queens County Docket Number: 705761/17 Judge: Allan B. Weiss 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. [*FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 05/22/2018 11:22 AM 1] NYSCEF DOC. NO. 30 INDEX NO. 705761/2017 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/22/2018 Short Form Order NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - QUEENS COUNTY Present: Honorable, ALLAN B. WEISS IAS PART 2 Justice VALARIE SPAIN, Index No.: 705761/17 Plaintiff, Motion Date: 5/16/18 -againstMotion Seq. No.: 2 JOSEPH TEITLEBAUM, FRANCES MILLER and MICHAEL HAWKINS, Defendants. JOSEPH TEITLEBAUM and FRANCES MILLER Third-party Plaintiffs -againstCHRISTOPHER SPAIN Third-party Defendant The following numbered papers read on this motion by defendants, Teitlebaum and Miller, for leave to reargue the prior motion and cross-motion for an Order removing the action pending in the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County under Kings County Civil Court Index No. 2440/17 and also removing the action pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County under Index No. 522060/17 to the Supreme Court of Queens County and upon removal combining them with the above captioned action for joint trial and joint discovery. PAPERS NUMBERED Notice of Motion-Affidavits-Exhibits ..... . Answering Affidavits-Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 4 Upon the foregoing papers it is ordered that this motion for leave to reargue is granted without opposition as follows. Upon reargument the prior order of the court dated March 5, 2018 and entered on March 14, 2018 is vacated and the following is substituted in its place. 1 of 4 [*FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 05/22/2018 11:22 AM 2] NYSCEF DOC. NO. 30 INDEX NO. 705761/2017 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/22/2018 The action pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County under Index No. 522060/17 and the action pending in the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County under Kings County Civil Court Index No. 2440/17 shall be removed to the Supreme Court, Queens County and upon removal and after a Supreme Court Index Number is assigned to each action removed they shall be combined with the above captioned action for joint trial of the issue of liability. Although combined for joint trial of liability, the caption of each action remains unchanged. The actions shall remain separate actions for all other purposes. Motions are not to be made under a joint caption, but under the index number and caption to which the motion pertains except that a motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability shall be made upon notice to all parties in all actions. A separate index number and note of issue shall be filed for each action. The titles and index numbers of the actions to be jointly tried are as follows. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS VALARIE SPAIN, Index No.: 705761/17 Plaintiff, -againstJOSEPH TEITLEBAUM, FRANCES MILLER and MICHAEL HAWKINS, Defendants. JOSEPH TEITLEBAUM and FRANCES MILLER Third-party Plaintiffs -againstCHRISTOPHER SPAIN Third-party Defendant AND 2 2 of 4 [*FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 05/22/2018 11:22 AM 3] NYSCEF DOC. NO. 30 INDEX NO. 705761/2017 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/22/2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY as Subrogee of FRANCES MILLER Plaintiff Index No. TO BE ASSIGNED -againstCHRISTOPHER SPAIN and MICHAEL HAWKINS Defendants AND SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS CHRISTOPHER SPAIN Plaintiff Index No. TO BE ASSIGNED -againstFRANCES MI~LER and JOSEPH TEITLEBAUM Defendants The moving parties shall, within 30 days of entry of this Order, serve a copy of this Order with notice of entry, upon all parties to the actions combined, the Clerk of Queens County, the Clerk of the Civil Court, Kings County, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Kings County and at the time of filing of the Note of Issue in one of the three cases upon the Clerk of the Trial Scheduling Part. Upon being served with a copy of this Order, and payment of the applicable fees, if any, the Clerk of the Civil Court, Kings County and the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Kings County, shall forthwith transfer the papers on file in the action bearing Kings County Civil Court Index No. 2440/17 and the action having Supreme Court, Kings County Index No. 522060/17 to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Queens County who shall then assign the cases removed a Supreme Court Index Number. 3 3 of 4 [*FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 05/22/2018 11:22 AM 4] NYSCEF DOC. NO. 30 INDEX NO. 705761/2017 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/22/2018 After assignment of a Supreme Court Index Number to each case removed, the moving parties, shall purchase an RJI in the removed actions for assignment to an IAS Part and scheduling a preliminary conference. A copy of this Order shall also be annexed to the Note of Issue at the time of the filing of the Note of Issue in a case. A copy of this Order is being mailed to the attroneys for the movants. Dated: May D# 58 f7' .....%............. . 2018 J.S.C. FILED MAY 2 2 2018 COUNTY CLERK QUEENS COUNTY 4 4 of 4

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