Jankie-Alli v. Mount Sinai Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered July 17, 1998, which, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to prosecute, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiffs’ failure to file a note of issue in response to defendants’ 90-day demand was properly excused upon a showing that plaintiffs and their attorneys frequently relocated throughout the time the action has been pending, and medical documentation, including some of defendants’ own records, demonstrating a meritorious cause of action. Defendants’ claim of prejudice is unpersuasive…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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