Higgins v. County of Nassau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., which action was dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3404, the defendant County of Nassau appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated January 3, 1980, which granted plaintiff’s motion to vacate the dismissal and to restore the action to the Trial Calendar. Order reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and motion denied. It was an improvident exercise of discretion for Special Term to restore the action to the Trial Calendar. Plaintiff failed to make the requisite showing of facts sufficient to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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