JOHN KOCHMANSKI V NICHOLAS M. RICH , 5820 BROADWAY, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS FRANK'S GRILLE BRIAN M.Z., AND JULIE A.Z.
Motion No: CA 25-01525
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 78849(U)
Decided on October 14, 2025
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.


October 14, 2025

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., LINDLEY, CURRAN, BANNISTER, AND MONTOUR, JJ.

CA 25-01525
CA 25-01526

JOHN KOCHMANSKI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

V

NICHOLAS M. RICH, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, 5820 BROADWAY, INC.,

DOING BUSINESS AS FRANK'S GRILLE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

BRIAN M.Z., AND JULIE A.Z., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS

ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF L.M.Z., DECEASED, AND AS

PARENTS AND NATURAL GUARDIANS OF S.L.Z., AN INFANT,

PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,

V

NICHOLAS M. RICH, ET AL., DEFENDANTS,5820 BROADWAY, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS FRANK'S GRILLE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.


Appellants having moved to consolidate the appeals taken herein from the orders of the Supreme Court, Erie County, entered August 15, 2025,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motions, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motions are granted, and the appeals are hereby consolidated for the purposes of perfecting and arguing the appeals.

Entered: October 14, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court