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ARMSTRONG v. ADELMAN AUTO. PARTS DISTRIBUTION CORP.

176 A.D.2d 773 (1991)

Burke Armstrong, Jr., Appellant, v. Adelman Automotive Parts Distribution Corp., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

October 15, 1991

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

We reject the plaintiff's contention that the trial court erred in granting the defendant's motion for a bifurcated trial. As a general rule, issues of liability and damages in a negligence action represent distinct and severable issues which should be tried and determined separately (see, CPLR 603; Polimeni v Bubka, 161 A.D.2d 568; Parmar v Skinner,

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