Legal Opinion
Meiselman v. McDonalds Restaurants
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 5, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Franco, J.), dated February 8, 2002, which granted that branch of the defendants’ motion which was to dismiss the action as time-barred.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff allegedly was injured as the result of a slip and fall on October 9, 1996. In September 1999, shortly before the *383expiration of the three-year statute of limitations for negligence actions, she filed a summons with notice with the County Clerk and received an index number.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hutzler v. Hertz Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Mohammed v. ElassalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Mandel v. Waltco Truck Equipment Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Sedlacek v. Dryden Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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