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`STATE
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`OF NEW YORK
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`OF THE
`COURT
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`OF SUFFOLK
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`JOHN R. RICONDA
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`Plaintiff,
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`LIBERTY
`
`INSURANCE
`
`UNDERWRITERS,
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`INC.
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`Defendant.
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`Index
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`No.:
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`Honorable
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`Jerry
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`Garguilo
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`NOTICE
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`OF ENTRY
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`PLEASE
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`TAKE
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`NOTICE
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`that
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`anneXed
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`hereto
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`is
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`a true
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`and
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`correct
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`copy
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`of
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`an Order
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`entered
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`in
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`this
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`action
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`in
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`the
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`Office
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`of
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`the
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`Clerk
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`of
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`the
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`Supreme
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`Court,
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`Suffolk
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`County
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`on
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`the
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`4th
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`day
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`of October,
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`2018.
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`Dated:
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`October
`New York,
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`5, 2018
`New York
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`Yours,
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`etc.,
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`D'AMATO
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`& LYNCH,
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`LLP
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`By:
`
`Peter
`
`A.
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`Stroili
`
`Thomas
`
`F.
`
`Breen
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`Attorneys
`
`for
`
`Defendant
`
`Insurance
`Liberty
`Two World
`New York,
`909-2093
`(212)
`
`Financial
`NY 10281
`
`Underwriters,
`Center
`
`Inc.
`
`To:Counsel
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`for
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`Plaintiff
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`Joshua
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`A.
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`Berman,
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`A.
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`Haviv,
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`Kimberly
`Laura
`WHITE
`
`R.
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`Logsdon,
`& CASE
`Avenue
`of
`1221
`the
`NY 10020
`New York,
`819-8547
`Tel:
`(212)
`Joshua.Berman@whitecase.com
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`Esq.
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`Esq.
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`Esq.
`LLP
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`Esq.
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`Drive
`NY 10595
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`449-1000
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`: Honorable
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`Jerry Garguilo
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`ORDER
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`..
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`JOf
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`IN R. RICONDA
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`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`LIBERTY
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`INSURANCE
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`UNDERWRITERS,
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`INC.
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`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
`
`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
`
`an
`
`Amended
`
`Complaint
`
`(the
`
`and
`
`Defendant
`
`"Complaint"),
`
`having
`
`answered
`
`the
`
`Complaint
`
`on
`
`ctober
`
`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
`
`(Motion
`
`Sequence
`
`No.
`
`15) by Notice
`
`of Motion
`
`To Set Aside
`
`The
`
`Verdict
`
`And
`
`Direct
`
`Judgment
`
`As A Matter
`
`ofI
`
`aw To Liberty
`
`Or For A New Trial
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`Or, Alternatively,
`
`To Reduce
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`The
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`Jury Verdict
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`RECEIVED
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`("the
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`motion");
`
`and
`
`having
`
`filed
`
`the Affirmation
`
`of Peter
`
`A.
`
`Stroili
`
`in support
`
`of
`
`the motion,
`
`inclusive
`
`of Exhibits
`
`1 through
`
`7 and A through
`
`BB;
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`and a Memorandum
`
`of Law
`
`in support
`
`of
`
`the
`
`motion
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`(NYSCEF
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`Nos.
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`406-443);
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`WHEREAS,
`
`on May
`
`23,
`
`2018,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`having
`
`filed
`
`his Memorandum
`
`of
`
`Law
`
`in
`
`opposition
`
`to the motion
`
`(NYSCEF
`
`No.
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`446);
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on June
`
`5, 2018,
`
`Defendant
`
`filed
`
`Affirmation
`
`of Peter A.
`
`having
`
`the Reply
`
`Stroili,
`
`inclusive
`
`of Exhibits
`
`A through
`
`G; and Reply
`
`Memorandum
`
`of Law
`
`in further
`
`support
`
`of
`
`the motion
`
`(NYSCEF
`
`Nos.
`
`447-455);
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on
`
`June
`
`20,
`
`2018,
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`having
`
`appeared
`
`before
`
`the Court
`
`for
`
`oral
`
`argument
`
`on the motion;
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on September
`
`7, 2018,
`
`this Court
`
`(Honorable
`
`Jerry
`
`Garguilo,
`
`Justice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Supreme
`
`Court,
`
`Suffolk
`
`County)
`
`issued
`
`its Decision
`
`and Order
`
`("the
`
`Decision,"
`
`annexed
`
`having
`
`as Exhibit
`
`A)
`
`on the motion
`
`(Motion
`
`Sequence
`
`No.
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`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
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`application
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`in all
`
`respects"
`
`(Ex.
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`A, NYSCEF
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`No.
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`460);
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`NOW,
`
`therefore,
`
`based
`
`upon
`
`the Decision,
`
`and on the motion
`
`of Defendant,
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`it
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`is hereby
`
`ORDERED
`
`of
`
`rendered
`
`on April
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`that
`
`the verdict
`
`the jury
`
`4, 2018
`
`is set aside;
`
`and it
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`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,
`
`with
`
`costs
`
`and
`
`disbursements
`
`to
`
`Defendant;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`the Complaint
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`is dismissed
`
`in its entirety
`
`with
`
`prejudice;
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`of
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`the Court
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`shall
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`enter
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`judgment
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`dismissing
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`the Complaint
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`with
`
`prejudice
`
`in
`
`this
`
`action
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`accordingly
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`in the
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`form set
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`forth
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`as Exhibit
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`B.
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`GRANTED
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`0 4 2018
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`SBtK
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`JudithA.
`Pascale
`OF SUFFOLK
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`COUNTY
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`SO ORDERED.
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