¶1Appeal, insofar as taken from the portion of the Appellate Division order that dismissed appellant’s appeal from the Supreme Court order denying reargument, dismissed, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, upon the ground that that portion of the order does not finally determine the action within the meaning of the Constitution; appeal otherwise dismissed, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, upon the ground that the two-Justice dissent is not on a question of law (CPLR 5601 [a]).
89 N.Y.2d 915
Watson v. Esposito
Decided December 20, 1996
New York Court of Appeals · decided 1996-12-20
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Decided 1996-12-20
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