Atterberry v. Serlin & Serlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lally, J.), dated August 5, 2010, which denied her motion to vacate the dismissal of the action pursuant to CPLR 3216 and to extend her time to file a note of issue.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, with costs, and the plaintiffs motion to vacate the dismissal of the action pursuant to CPLR 3216 and to extend the time to file a note of issue is granted.
CPLR 3216 is an “extremely forgiving” statute (Baczkowski v…
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