WITHERSPOON v. NEW YORK CITY HOUS. AUTH.


238 A.D.2d 276 (1997)

656 N.Y.S.2d 629

Julia Witherspoon, Respondent, v. New York City Housing Authority, Appellant. (And Another Action.)

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

April 24, 1997


Here, two personal injury actions arising out of separate accidents involve a claim by plaintiff that the injuries alleged in the first action were exacerbated by the accident alleged in the second action. A claim by the defendant in one of the actions that the plaintiff's injuries were caused by the negligence of the defendant in the other action mandates that the two actions should be tried together, absent a particularized showing of prejudice (see, Kupferschmid...

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