Gilmore v. Tindel

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered May 27, 1993, which, inter alia> granted plaintiffs’ motion to confirm a report by Judicial Hearing Officer Alexander Chananau, dated December 29, 1992, which ruled that proper service of the summons and complaint was made upon defendant pursuant to CPLR 308 (2), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The Judicial Hearing Officer’s factual findings were properly credited by the court since, as the trier of fact, he was in the best position to have evaluated the witnesses’ credibility (European Am. Bank & Trust Co. v H. Frenkel,…