Legal Opinion

Savino v. Mobil Oil Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 11, 2001Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an or*388der of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Beisner, J.), dated August 17, 2000, which granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the action for failure to timely serve a complaint pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b) and denied their cross motion to compel the defendant to accept an untimely complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly dismissed the action based upon the plaintiffs’ failure to serve a timely complaint (see, CPLR 3012 [b]). The plaintiffs did not demonstrate…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chmielnik v. RosenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. Brown v. RosenfeldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. Gottfried v. ABC Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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