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`Third-Party Index: ____________
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`ORDER
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`SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
`COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
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`JANET BARBASH,
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`Plaintiff,
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`STEPHEN CLARKE, Individually and d/b/a
`GREENPORT YACHT & SHIPBUILDING
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`Defendant.
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`STEPHEN CLARKE, Individually and d/b/a
`GREENPORT YACHT & SHIPBUILDING
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`Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff
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`ARTHUR FELD,
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`Third-Party Defendant.
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`UPON the application of Betancourt, Van Hemmen, Greco & Kenyon LLC, counsel
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`for defendant and third-party plaintiff Stephen Clarke, Individually and d/b/a Greenport
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`Yacht & Shipbuilding Company (hereinafter, “Defendant”) by Notice of Motion dated
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`August 29, 2019 and with notice to John H. Mulvehill, Esq., Attorney for Plaintiff, 220
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`Cambon Avenue, Saint James, New York 11780 and Elliot Small, Esq., Attorney for Third-
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`Party Defendant Arthur Feld, Law Offices of Elliot S. Small, 5020 Sunrise Highway, 2nd
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`Floor, Massapequa, New York 11783; and the Court having heard the argument of counsel;
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`IT IS, on this _____ day of __________________, 2019, hereby
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`ORDERED that:
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`Defendant’s motion is granted in toto;
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`plaintiff’s Verified Complaint is hereby stricken;
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`plaintiff is hereby prohibited from supporting any claim that the My Way
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`had any value;
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`plaintiff is hereby prohibited from producing in evidence the report of
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`Edward Viola, dated March 18, 2015;
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`plaintiff is hereby prohibited from calling Edward Viola as a witness at trial;
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`plaintiff is hereby prohibited from introducing any evidence of damages at
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`trial;
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`The Court deems the yacht My Way worthless for the purposes of plaintiff’s
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`claims herein;
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`Defendant may, within 45 days of this order, reopen the depositions of
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`plaintiff and third-party defendant concerning the March 18, 2015 report of
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`Edward Viola and related issues;
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`plaintiff shall pay the reasonable costs and attorneys fees for the reopened
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`depositions of plaintiff and third-party defendant.
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`___ Opposed
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`___ Unopposed
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`TO:
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`John H. Mulvehill, Esq.
`220 Cambon Avenue
`Saint James, New York 11780
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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`Alton J. Evans, Jr.
`Betancourt, Van Hemmen, Greco & Kenyon LLC
`75 South Broadway, 4 Floor
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`White Plains, New York 10601
`Attorneys for Defendant Stephen Clarke,
`Individually and d/b/a Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company
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`Elliot Small, Esq.
`Law Offices of Elliot S. Small
`5020 Sunrise Highway, 2 Floor
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`Massapequa, New York 11783
`Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant, Arthur Feld
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