Legal Opinion

Senise v. Town of Orangetown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 21, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and property damage, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Weiner, J.), entered June 28, 1995, which denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the action for failure to timely serve a complaint, and granted the plaintiff’s cross motion, in effect, for an extension of time to serve the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in granting the plaintiff an extension of time to serve the complaint, as her affidavit of merit sufficiently set…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kel Management Corp. v. Rogers & WellsNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Ferrara v. GuardinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. Innerarity v. County of WestchesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. Niedermeier v. Nassau County Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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