PICCIONE v. TRI-MAIN DEVELOPMENT, L.P.


5 A.D.3d 1086 (2004)

773 N.Y.S.2d 665

CAROLYN A. PICCIONE, Respondent, v. TRI-MAIN DEVELOPMENT, L.P., Appellant.

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

March 19, 2004.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and the motion is granted.

Memorandum:

Supreme Court abused its discretion in denying defendant's motion to bifurcate the trial. "`As a general rule, issues of liability and damages in a negligence action are distinct and severable issues which should be tried separately'" (Loncz v Blagrove...

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