Doronin v. Amanat

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melvin L. Schweitzer, J.), entered December 3, 2014, which granted defendants’ motion for a stay of the action pending the resolution of previously filed litigation in the United Kingdom, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court providently exercised its discretion in staying the present action (CPLR 2201). The parties in the pending litigation are the corporate vehicles representing the respective interests of the individual parties in the present action, both litigations involve defendants’ alleged fraudulent conduct, and determination of the pending action may dispose of the issues in this action (see OneBeacon Am. Ins. Co. v Colgate-Palmolive Co., 96 AD3d 541 [1st Dept 2012]; Belopolsky v Renew Data Corp., 41 AD3d 322 [1st Dept 2007]). Concur— Friedman, J.R, Sweeny, Renwick, Andrias and Moskowitz, JJ.