Doyon v. Bascom

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered April 12, 1971 in Warren County, which granted defendant’s motion for judgment, pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd. [a], par. 5) dismissing plaintiffs’ negligence action as barred by the Statute of Limitations. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs sustained damages for personal injuries as the result of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on February 25, 1966. The action was commenced by service of a summons only on June 12, 1970, or nearly four years and four months after the accrual of the causes of action. Upon receipt of…