DAIBES v. CHENG

23984/2010.

33 Misc.3d 618 (2011)

930 N.Y.S.2d 412

2011 NY Slip Op 21305

DANIEL T. DAIBES, Plaintiff, v. KEVIN K. CHENG, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Queens County.

August 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sekas & Abrahamsen, L.L.C., New York City ( Richard J. Abrahamsen and Daniel C. Bae of counsel), for plaintiff. Law Offices of Nancy L. Isserlis , Long Island City ( Matthew A. D. Canzoneri of counsel), for Mohammad A. Rahman, defendant. Morici & Morici, LLP, Garden City ( Emily Ashman of counsel), for Shawkat Ali Khan, defendant. Mendolia & Stenz, Westbury ( Jonathan D. Peek of counsel), for Kevin K. Cheng, defendant.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CHARLES J. MARKEY, J.

This personal injury action, stemming from a multivehicle collision, raises interesting issues regarding consolidation, venue, comity, judicial economy, the avoidance of forum shopping, and a seeming conflict between the "first-in-time rule" and the convenience of material witnesses where actions have been filed in two or more counties concerning the same set of facts. The novel aspect of this motion to consolidate...

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