Order entered on July 20, 1966, unanimously affirmed, without costs or disbursements, and without prejudice to a further application for a severance of the counterclaim for defamation asserted by defendant, Louis Puro, after the completion of pretrial proceedings.
A counterclaim will be severed where the issues presented are unrelated to the main suit and substantial rights will be prejudiced and confusion arise if all the issues are tried together (CPLR 603; see...
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