CAPUTO v. JOSEPH J. SARCONA TRUCKING CO., INC.


204 A.D.2d 507 (1994)

611 N.Y.S.2d 655

Vincenza Caputo, Individually and as Conservator of Dominick J. Caputo, Appellant, v. Joseph J. Sarcona Trucking Company, Inc., et al., Respondents

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

May 16, 1994


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

As a general rule, Judges are encouraged to conduct bifurcated trials in personal injury actions "where it appears that bifurcation may assist in a clarification or simplification of issues and a fair and more expeditious resolution of the action" (22 NYCRR 202.42 [a]). In the present case, the plaintiffs have demonstrated no reason to depart from the general rule.

The trial court did not...

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