Green v. Siben

— In a legal malpractice action, defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Tanenbaum, J.), dated December 12, 1983, which granted plaintiff’s motion, in effect, for an extension of time to file a demand for a jury trial.

Order reversed, with costs, motion denied and matter restored to the Nonjury Trial Calendar.

A motion for an extension of time to file a demand for a jury trial must be based upon a factual showing that the earlier waiver of that right was the result of either inadvertence or other excusable conduct indicating a lack of intention to waive such right…