GENESEE/WYOMING YMCA V BOVIS LEND LEASE LMB, INC. BOVIS LEND LEASE LMB, INC., - V WHITNEY EAST, INC., , AND THOMAS
Motion No: CA 12-00055
Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 63664(U)
Decided on February 6, 2012
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


February 6, 2012

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P. J., SMITH, CENTRA, FAHEY, AND PERADOTTO, JJ.

DOCKET NO. CA 12-00055
DOCKET NO. CA 12-00146

GENESEE/WYOMING YMCA, PLAINTIFF,

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BOVIS LEND LEASE LMB, INC., DEFENDANT.

BOVIS LEND LEASE LMB, INC.,

THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

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WHITNEY EAST, INC., THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT,

AND THOMAS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, P.C.,

THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

(APPEAL NO. 1.)

GENESEE/WYOMING YMCA, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

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BOVIS LEND LEASE LMB, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

BOVIS LEND LEASE LMB, INC.,

THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

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WHITNEY EAST, INC. AND

THOMAS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, P.C.,

THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

(APPEAL NO. 2.)


Defendant and third-party plaintiff Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc. (Bovis) having moved to consolidate the appeals taken herein from orders of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on November 17, 2011 (Docket No. CA 12-00055), and January 3, 2012 (Docket No. CA 12-00146), and for an extension of time to file and serve a brief,

Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of John G. Powers, Esq., dated January 18, 2012, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the affidavit of David C. Bruffett, Jr., Esq., sworn to January 20, 2012, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks to consolidate the appeals is denied, and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks an extension of time to file a brief on appeal No. 2 is dismissed as premature (see 22 NYCRR 1000.13 [f]), and

It is further ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks an extension of time to file and serve a respondent's brief on appeal No. 1 is granted on the condition that the brief is filed and served on or before March 12, 2012, and the Clerk is directed to accept the brief for filing, and

It is further ORDERED that reply briefs on appeal No. 1, if any, shall be filed and served on or before March 27, 2012.

Memorandum: Bovis' remedy is to perfect the unperfected appeal and to move to reschedule either appeal so that the appeals can be heard and determined together.

Entered: February 6, 2012

Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk