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ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT DOCTOR PRACTICED IN THE BRONX FOR PART OF EACH WEEK, THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF HIS BUSINESS AND HIS RESIDENCE WERE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, WHERE PLAINTIFF WAS TREATED; SUPREME COURT PROPERLY GRANTED DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO CHANGE THE VENUE FROM BRONX TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, reversing the Appellate Division, over an extensive two-judge dissent, determined Supreme Court had properly granted defendants’ motion for a change of venue from Bronx County to Westchester County in this medical malpractice action. The defendant doctor (Goldstein) was described by plaintiff as an “individually-owned business” with a “principal office” in Bronx County. Dr. Goldstein treats some patients in Bronx County. But plaintiff was treated by Dr. Goldstein in Westchester County, where defendant business (Westmed) is located and where Dr. Goldstein resides:

Under CPLR 503(d), “[a] partnership or an individually-owned business shall be deemed a resident of any county in which it has its principal office, as well as the county in which the partner or individual owner suing or being sued actually resides.” * * *

While … registration documents confirmed … that Dr. Goldstein also worked in the Bronx, the venue statute does not deem an individually-owned business a resident of every county where it has an office or transacts business. To conclude otherwise would read the phrase “principal office” out of the statute. Lividini v Goldstein, 2021 NY Slip Op 05618, CtApp 10-14-21

 

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