`
`No.:
`
`003655/2012
`
`Honorable
`
`Jerry
`
`Garguilo
`
`[PROPOSED]
`ORDER
`
`COUNTER-
`
`x :
`
`: :
`
`: : :
`
`: :
`
`: :
`
`: :
`
`X
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`OF THE STATE
`COURT
`OF SUFFOLK
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`------------------------------------------------------------------
`
`JOHN
`
`R. RICONDA
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`vs.
`
`LIBERTY
`
`INSURANCE
`
`UNDERWRITERS,
`
`INC.
`
`Defendant.
`
`------------------------------------------------------------------
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`John
`
`R. Riconda
`
`("Plaintiff')
`
`having
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`civil
`
`action
`
`by
`
`summons
`
`and
`
`his
`
`original
`
`complaint
`
`on February
`
`2, 2012,
`
`and Defendant
`
`Liberty
`
`Insurance
`
`("Defendant"
`
`Inc.
`
`or
`
`"Liberty")
`
`having
`
`answered
`
`the
`
`original
`
`complaint
`
`on March
`
`Underwriters,
`
`8, 2012;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`this
`
`Court,
`
`on September
`
`22,
`
`2017,
`
`having
`
`granted
`
`Plaintiff
`
`leave
`
`to file
`
`an
`
`Complaint
`
`on
`
`Amended
`
`Complaint
`
`(the
`
`"Complaint"),
`
`and
`
`Defendant
`
`having
`
`answered
`
`the
`
`October
`
`20,
`
`2017;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on March
`
`23,
`
`26-30
`
`and April
`
`4, 2018
`
`trial
`
`by
`
`jury
`
`having
`
`been
`
`held
`
`in this
`
`action;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on April
`
`4,
`
`2018,
`
`the
`
`jury
`
`having
`
`returned
`
`a verdict
`
`in
`
`favor
`
`of Plaintiff
`
`pursuant
`
`to
`
`interrogatories
`
`placed
`
`to
`
`the
`
`jurors
`
`and
`
`having
`
`awarded
`
`Plaintiff
`
`$2,282,000;
`
`and
`
`whereas
`
`the Court
`
`having
`
`provided
`
`that motions
`
`addressed
`
`to the
`
`verdict
`
`be
`
`filed
`
`within
`
`thirty
`
`(30)
`
`days;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on May
`
`4,
`
`2018,
`
`Defendant
`
`having,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`4404(a),
`
`moved
`
`1
`
`
`
`(Motion
`
`Sequence
`
`No.
`
`15)
`
`by Notice
`
`of Motion
`
`To Set Aside
`
`The
`
`Verdict
`
`And
`
`Direct
`
`Judgment
`
`As A Matter
`
`of
`
`Law
`
`To
`
`Liberty
`
`Or
`
`For A New
`
`Trial
`
`Or,
`
`Alternatively,
`
`To Reduce
`
`The
`
`Jury
`
`Verdict
`
`("the motion");
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on September
`
`7, 2018,
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`(Honorable
`
`Jerry
`
`Garguilo,
`
`Justice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Supreme
`
`Court,
`
`Suffolk
`
`County)
`
`having
`
`issued
`
`its Decision
`
`and Order
`
`("the
`
`Decision,"
`
`annexed
`
`as Exhibit
`
`A)
`
`on the motion
`
`(Motion
`
`Sequence
`
`No.
`
`15),
`
`finding
`
`that
`
`the
`
`"verdict
`
`of
`
`the jury
`
`must
`
`be set aside
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`law,"
`
`and
`
`that
`
`"the
`
`doctrine
`
`of
`
`judicial
`
`estoppel
`
`compels
`
`the Court
`
`to
`
`GRANT
`
`Defendant's
`
`application
`
`in all
`
`respects"
`
`(Ex.
`
`No.
`
`A, NYSCEF
`
`460);
`
`NOW,
`
`therefore,
`
`based
`
`upon
`
`the Decision,
`
`and
`
`on the motion
`
`of Defendant,
`
`it
`
`is hereby
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`the
`
`verdict
`
`of
`
`the
`
`jury
`
`rendered
`
`on April
`
`4,
`
`2018
`
`in
`
`this
`
`action
`
`is
`
`set
`
`aside;
`
`and it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that Defendant's
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`judgment
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`law,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`4404(a),
`
`in its
`
`favor
`
`is hereby
`
`GRANTED
`
`in its entirety,
`
`and it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`the Complaint
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`is dismissed
`
`in its entirety
`
`with
`
`prejudice;
`
`The
`
`Clerk
`
`of
`
`the Court
`
`shall
`
`enter
`
`judgment
`
`dismissing
`
`the Complaint
`
`with
`
`prejudice
`
`in
`
`this
`
`action
`
`accordingly
`
`in the
`
`form
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`as Exhibit
`
`B.
`
`Dated:
`
`SO ORDERED.
`
`JSC
`
`2
`
`
`
`OF THE STATE
`COURT
`SUPREME
`OF SUFFOLK
`COUNTY
`-------------------------------------x
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`:
`
`:
`
`:
`
`JOHN
`
`R. RICONDA
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`vs.
`
`LIBERTY
`
`INSURANCE
`
`UNDERWRITERS,
`
`INC.
`
`------------
`
`-------------------------x
`
`Defendant.
`
`Index
`
`No.:
`
`003655/2012
`
`Honorable
`
`[PROPOSED]
`
`Garguilo
`
`Jerry
`COUNTER
`ORDER
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`John
`
`R. Riconda
`
`("Plaintiff")
`
`having
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`civil
`
`action
`
`by
`
`summom
`
`and
`
`his
`
`original
`
`complaint
`
`on
`
`February
`
`2,
`
`2012,
`
`and
`
`Defendant
`
`Liberty
`
`Insurance
`
`Underwriters,
`
`Inc.
`
`("Defendant"
`
`or
`
`"Liberty")
`
`having
`
`answered
`
`the
`
`original
`
`complaint
`
`on March
`
`8,
`
`2012;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`this
`
`Court,
`
`on
`
`September
`
`22,
`
`2017,
`
`having
`
`granted
`
`Plaintiff
`
`leave
`
`to
`
`file
`
`Amended
`
`Complaint
`
`(the
`
`"Coiñplaint"),
`
`and
`
`Defendant
`
`having
`
`answered
`
`the
`
`Complaint
`
`an
`
`on
`
`October
`
`20,
`
`2017;
`
`on March
`
`26-30
`
`and
`
`2018
`
`been
`
`held
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`23,
`
`April
`
`4,
`
`trial
`
`by
`
`jury
`
`having
`
`in
`
`this
`
`action;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on
`
`April
`
`4,
`
`2018,
`
`the
`
`jury
`
`having
`
`returned
`
`a
`
`verdict
`
`in
`
`favor
`
`of
`
`Plaintiff
`
`pursuant
`
`to
`
`interrogatories
`
`placed
`
`to
`
`the
`
`jurors
`
`and
`
`having
`
`awarded
`
`PlaintitT
`
`$2,282,000;
`
`and
`
`whereas
`
`the
`
`Court
`
`having
`
`provided
`
`that
`
`motions
`
`addressed
`
`to
`
`the
`
`verdict
`
`be
`
`filed
`
`within
`
`thirty
`
`(30)
`
`days;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on May
`
`4,
`
`2018,
`
`Defeñdañt
`
`having,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`4404(a),
`
`moved
`
`(Motion
`
`Sequence
`
`No.
`
`15)
`
`by Notice
`
`of Motion
`
`To
`
`Set
`
`Aside
`
`The
`
`Verdict
`
`And
`
`Direct
`
`Judgment
`
`As A Matter
`
`of Law
`
`To
`
`Liberty
`
`Or
`
`For A New Trial
`
`Or,
`
`Alternatively,
`
`To Reduce
`
`The
`
`Jury
`
`Verdict
`
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`I
`
`
`
`("the
`
`motion");
`
`,
`
`er-gement-ea
`
`the-motion;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on
`
`September
`
`7,
`
`2018,
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`(Honorable
`
`Jerry
`
`Garguilo,
`
`Justice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Supreme
`
`Court,
`
`Suffolk
`
`County)
`
`having
`
`issued
`
`its
`
`Decision
`
`and
`
`Order
`
`("the
`
`Decision,"
`
`annexed
`
`as
`
`Exhibit
`
`A)
`
`on
`
`the
`
`motion
`
`(Motion
`
`Sequence
`
`No.
`
`15),
`
`finding
`
`that
`
`the
`
`"verdict
`
`of
`
`the
`
`jury
`
`must
`
`be
`
`set
`
`aside
`
`as
`
`a matter
`
`law,"
`
`of
`
`and
`
`that
`
`"the
`
`doctrine
`
`of
`
`judicial
`
`estoppel
`
`compels
`
`the
`
`Court
`
`to
`
`GRANT
`
`Defendant's
`
`application
`
`in
`
`all
`
`respects"
`
`(Ex.
`
`A, NYSCEF
`
`No.
`
`460);
`
`upon
`
`and
`
`NOW,
`
`therefore,
`
`based
`
`the
`
`Decision,
`
`on the
`
`motion
`
`of Defendant,
`
`it
`
`is
`
`hereby
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`the
`
`verdict
`
`of
`
`the
`
`jury
`
`rendered
`
`on
`
`April
`
`2018
`
`4,
`
`in
`
`this
`
`action
`
`is
`
`set
`
`aside;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is
`
`further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`Defendant's
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`judgment
`
`as
`
`a matter
`
`of
`
`law,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`4404(a),
`
`in
`
`its
`
`favor
`
`is
`
`hereby
`
`GRANTED
`
`in
`
`its
`
`entirety,
`
`-
`
`-Defendant-;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is
`
`further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`the
`
`Complaint
`
`in
`
`this
`
`action
`
`is
`
`dismissed
`
`in
`
`its
`
`entirety
`
`with
`
`prejudice;
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`The
`
`Clerk
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Court
`
`shall
`
`enter
`
`judgment
`
`dismissing
`
`the
`
`Complaint
`
`with
`
`prejudice
`
`in
`
`this
`
`action
`
`accordingly
`
`in
`
`the
`
`form
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`as
`
`Exhibit
`
`B.
`
`Dated:
`
`SO ORDERED.
`
`JSC
`
`# I 702678
`
`v 1
`
`3
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