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KINTAVIA CARTER, an Infant, by Her Mother and Natural Guardian, TALIA COLLINS, et al., Respondents, v. HOWLAND HOOK HOUSING CO., INC., Appellant.

The action was venued in New York County based on the location of defendant building owner's principal office. After service of an answer and bill of particulars, the holding of a preliminary conference, and a change of plaintiffs' attorney, plaintiffs moved to discontinue the action. Plaintiffs asserted that their new attorney discovered that the building was managed by a corporation with a principal office in Brooklyn, and that a voluntary discontinuance would allow them to commence a second action in Kings County. The motion was properly granted upon conditions that eliminated any prejudice attributable to the discontinuance ( see Schimansky v. Nelson, 50 AD2d 634; Urbonowicz v. Yarinsky, 290 AD2d 922). In the latter regard, the motion court aptly noted defendant's failure to show that the discontinuance will cause it to incur additional attorneys' fees, and appropriately limited plaintiffs' payment of defendant's attorneys' fees to those incurred on the instant motion. We have considered defendant's other arguments and find them unavailing.

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CARTER v. HOWLAND HOOK HOUSING CO., INC
(Jun 7, 2005)