Ordered that the plaintiff's notice of appeal from the order dated February 15, 2000, is deemed a premature notice of appeal from the judgment (see, CPLR 5520 [c]); and it is further,
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff was injured when he lit a firecracker that he believed was a candle, and it exploded in his hand. He had found the firecracker in his apartment upon taking up residency there. The plaintiff commenced this...
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