Order unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum:
We reject respondent's contention that Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain petitioners' application for approval, nunc pro tunc, of petitioners' settlement of a third-party action pursuant to Workers' Compensation Law § 29 (5). The Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Pennsylvania, in which the third-party action was pending, declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that New York provided...
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