Legal Opinion
Dudley v. Steese
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 20, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
Following the commencement of this action for malicious prosecution in July 1989, defendants retained an attorney who filed an answer in September 1989. Thereafter, this action remained dormant until October 28, 1993 when defendant’s attorney received notice that a pretrial conference would be held on December 9, 1993. The attorney’s attempts to contact defendants, from whom he had not heard since September 1989, were unsuccessful and, on the scheduled trial date of May 4, 1994, he advised Supreme Court that he was unable to locate defendants and that he had no defense to the action. A…
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