FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 04/06/ :25 AM INDEX NO /2016 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 59 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/06/2018

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1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK Motion Seq. No X â â â â â â â â â â â CAMBRIDGE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Index No /2016 a/s/o READE STREET TENANTS CORP., Plaintiff, NOTICE OF MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE Hon. Gerald Lebovits MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP., PERSPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CORP. and MATTHEW BAIRD, X MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP., Plaintiff, MATTHEW BAIRD ARTHITECT, PLLC, BRIAN FALCONER, and SEVERUD ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS, P.C., X PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the Affirmation in Support of Jessica M. Kalamaras, sworn to on the 6th day of April, 2018, and all supporting exhibits attached thereto, and the pleadings and proceedings heretofore had herein, defendant MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP. will move this Court at the Courthouse located at 60 Centre Street, Room 130, New York, New York 10007, on the 2nd day of May, 2018, at 9:30 in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, for an Order: 1 of 8

2 A) Consolidating this action (Action No. 1) with four other actions - three of which are pending in this Court under Index Nos /17 (Action No. 2), /17 (Action No. 3), and /18 (Action No. 4), and another that is pending in the Supreme Court, Queens County in the action entitled State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, a/s/o Forman & Bauman v. Perspective Construction Corp., et al. under Index No. 9707/17 (Action No. 5), for the purposes of discovery and joint trial, since all five actions arise from the same underlying event and involve common questions of law and fact; and, B) Directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Queens County to transfer to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, New York County all papers filed there in Action No. 5 and certified copies of all minutes and entries per CPLR Rule 511(d); and, C) Upon the grant of the present motion and the transfer of Action No. 5's file to the Supreme Court, New York County, Action No. 5 should be assigned a new Index No. and the caption of this action should be amended to read as follows: 2 2 of 8

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK X CAMBRIDGE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY a/s/o READE STREET TENANTS CORP., Action No. 1 Plaintiff, Index No /2016 MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP., PERSPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CORP. and MATTHEW BAIRD, X MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP., Plaintiff, MATTHEW BAIRD ARTHITECT, PLLC, BRIAN FALCONER, and SEVERUD ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS, P.C., USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, as subrogee of CHRISTINA ALLEN, Action No. 2 Plaintiff, Index No /17 PERSPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CORP., MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP. and MATTHEW BAIRD, X 3 3 of 8

4 MATTHEW BAIRD, Plaintiff, READE STREET TENANTS CORP., Defendant. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a/s/o R.C. UNGER, Action No. 3 Plaintiff, Index No /17 MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP., PERSPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CORP., MATTHEW BAIRD, JOHN DOES 1-X (names being fictitious) and ABC CORPORATION 1-X (names being fictitious), MATTHEW BAIRD, Plaintiff, READE STREET TENANTS CORP., Defendant. CRAIG UNGER, a/k/a ROGER CRAIG UNGER, Action No. 4 Plaintiff, Index No /18 MATTHEW BAIRD, ELIZABETH BAIRD, PERSPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CORP., MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP., THE READE STREET TENANTS CORP., MATTHEW BAIRD ARCHITECTS, P.L.L.C. and SEVERUD ASSOCIATES CONSULT1NG ENGINEERS, P.C., 4 4 of 8

5 X STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, AS X SUBROGEE OF JAMES FORMAN & CORBY BAUMAN, Action No. 5 Plaintiffs, Index No. PERSPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CORP., MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP., MATTHEW BAIRD and ELIZABETH BAIRD, X D) Directing that all pleadings and discovery previously had or exchanged in each action shall be fully applicable and usable in the consolidated action to the extent permitted under the applicable laws and rules; and, E) Directing the Clerk of the Court to mark its files accordingly; and, F) Awarding such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that all answering papers, if any, shall be served at least seven (7) days before the return date of this motion pursuant to CPLR 2214(b). Dated: Woodbury, New York April 6, 2018 MILB AKRI OUSADIS & S EN, LL Jes i a M. Kalamaras, Esq. Att neys for Defendant MALDONADO CONSTRUCTION CORP. in Action Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, & Woodbury Road, Suite 402 Woodbury, New York (516) File Nos.: ; ; ; ; and of 8

6 TO: Jeffrey Rubinstein, Esq. FAUST GOETZ SCHENKER & BLEE Attorneys for Plaintiff in Action No. 1 20th Two Rector Street, FlOOr New York, NY (212) Zeynel Karcioglu, Esq. JACBOS & BURLEIGH, LLP Attorneys for Defendant PERSPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CORP. in Action No Avenue of the Americas, 30th FlOOr New York, NY (212) Kathleen G. Williams, Esq. WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICER, LLP Attorneys for Defendant MATTHEW BAIRD in Action No Campus Drive Florham Park, NJ (973) Robert A. Fitch, Esq. RAWLE & HENDERSON LLP Attorneys for Defendants BRIAN FALCONER and SEVERUD ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS, P.C. in Action No. 1 and Defendant SEVERUD ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS, P.C. in Action No. 4 27th 14 Wall Street, FlOOr New York, NY (212) File No Kristy Miller, Esq. O' COZEN O'CONNOR Attorneys for Plaintiff in Action No. 2 23rd 45 Broadway, FlOOr New York, NY (212) of 8

7 Mark R. Vespole, Esq. WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP Attorneys for Defendant MATTHEW BAIRD in Action Nos. 2 & 3 and Defendants MATTHEW BAIRD and ELIZABETH BAIRD in Action No Campus Drive Florham Park, NJ T: F: Mark S. Labe, Esq. HARRIS, KING, FODERA & CORREIA Attorneys for Plaintiff in Action No. 3 One Battery Park Plaza, 30th FlOOr New York, NY Bruce E. Bushlow, Esq. ABBOTT BUSHLOW & SCHECHNER, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff in Action No Fresh Pond Road Ridgewood, NY (718) FAUST GOETZ SCHENKER & BLEE, LLP Attorneys for Defendant THE READE STREET TENANTS CORP. in Action No. 4 Two Rector Street New York, NY T: F: File No MM Vince A. Sabella, Esq. NICOLONI, PARADISE, FERRETTI & SABELLA Attorneys for Plaintiffs in Action No Old Country Road, Suite 500 Mineola, NY File No. S DB Matthew Baird Architect, PLLC 9th 325 Hudson Street, PlOOr New York, NY of 8

8 Perspective Construction Corp. Ugur Yildiz th Street, Apt. 3M Sunnyside, NY Reade Street Tenants Corp Reade Street New York, NY Matthew Baird Architects, PLLC 289 Hudson Street New York, NY Matthew Baird and Elizabeth Baird 74 Reade Street, Apt. 6E New York, NY Perspective Construction Corp Bernett Avenue Sunnyside, NY of 8