Coates v Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jes
Motion No: 2012-01818
Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 66962(U)
Decided on March 12, 2012
Appellate Division, Second 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.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M134655

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.

2012-01818

Brian Coates, respondent, v Corporation of

Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-Day Saints, appellant.

(Index No. 3797-05)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant to stay the trial on the issue of damages in the above-entitled action pending hearing and determination of an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated February 14, 2012.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the trial on the issue of damages in the above-entitled action is stayed pending hearing and determination of the appeal on condition that the appeal is perfected on or before May 10, 2012; and it is further,

ORDERED that in the event the appeal is not perfected on or before May 10, 2012, the Court, on its own motion, may vacate the stay, without further notice, or the respondent may move to vacate the stay, on three days notice.

RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and SGROI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court