STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT : COUNTY OF CHAUTAUQUA
CARL REALE,
Plaintiff,
-vs- Index #G-11617
H.B.S.A. INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED,
Defendant.
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H.B.S.A. INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED,
Third Party Plaintiff,
-vs-
V & N CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,
Third Party Defendant.
PAUL WILLIAM BELTZ, P.C.
(Russell T. Quinlan, Esq.
of Counsel) for Plaintiff
MCGEE & GELMAN
(F. Brendan Burke, Jr., Esq.
of Counsel) for H.B.S.A.
KRIEGER AND GRAFFEO
(Sebastian P. Graffeo, Esq.
of Counsel) for Third Party
Defendant V & N Construction
FURTHER DECISION AND ORDER
GERACE, J.
This Court rendered a decision in the above captioned
matter pursuant to a motion before it on 2/28/95.
Subsequently, the attorneys sent various submissions to the
Court concerning additional related issues.
So that there is no question, the Court has allowed
those parts of the 9/16/94 supplemental bill of particulars
that deal with 12 NYCRR 23 in para. 1 and specific negligence
allegations in para. 2. pursuant to the earlier decision of
this Court.
Also, this Court denied para. 3 and 4 in their entirety
from the 9/16/94 bill.
The supplemental bill of particulars of 11/17/94 is
allowed.
It is this Court's decision to allow as well the
supplemental bills of 8/24/94 and 10/4/94. Each of these
last three mentioned bills are allowed due to the strength of
the submissions from Dr. Sharma.
It is true that the doctor's submissions are
problematical. They were not received until February 1995,
more than two months after oral arguments of the motion. The
motion was first brought in October 1994. The late
submission led to various telephone conferences with the
Court and correspondence prompting this decision. The only
reason offered for the delay is a statement concerning Dr.
Sharma's busy schedule.
While the submission is untimely, defendant did not
object for over a month and subsequent to the Court's written
decision of 2/28/95. To deny the doctor's submission would
be extremely prejudicial to plaintiff since it relates the
later injury to the earlier injury and ties in the problem
with the other knee as well.
The defendant has offered no opposition to the actual
contents of Dr. Sharma's submission, only opposition to its
procedural history. The submission does provide proper
medical documentation of the new injuries alleged. Much of
the contents concern evidence already before the Court
through medical reports and records.
Due to plaintiff's untimely submission from Dr. Sharma,
plaintiff shall pay $100.00 motion costs to each defendant.
Dated: June 8, 1995
Mayville, New York
JOSEPH GERACE
Justice of Supreme Court