Legal Opinion
Mitrani Plasterers Co. v. SCG Contracting Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 5, 2012Published
1Opinion of the Court
To avoid dismissal of the action for failure to serve a complaint after a demand therefor has been made pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b), a plaintiff must demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the delay in serving the complaint and a potentially meritorious cause of action (see Perez-Faringer v Heilman, 79 AD3d 837, 838 [2010]; Gibbons v Court Officers’ Benevolent Assn. of Nassau County, 78 AD3d 654, 654 [2010]; Pristavec v Galligan, 32 AD3d 834, 834 [2006]). The determination of what constitutes a reasonable excuse for a default lies within the sound discretion of the court (see Pristavec v…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Orwell Building Corp. v. BessahaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Bates v. GalliganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Aquilar v. Nassau Health Care Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Gibbons v. Court Officers' Benevolent Ass'n of Nassau CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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