Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 27, 2002 (Searles v. Dalton)

Crew III, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Hester, Jr., J.), entered March 15, 2002 in Delaware County, which, inter alia, denied plaintiffs motion to strike the affirmative defenses of defendant James W. Dalton II.

Plaintiff and defendant James W. Dalton II (hereinafter defendant) were involved in an altercation in July 2000, as a result of which plaintiff sustained certain injuries.