Schoonmaker v. Ford Motor Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

John T. Casey, J.

• The above-entitled action was commenced by the service of a bare summons containing a notice that the object of the action was "wrongful death, conscious pain and suffering and loss of services” and "the relief sought was monetary damages in the amount of $10,000,000.”

The notice in the summons does not comply with the 1978 amendment of CPLR 305 (subd [b]) requiring such notice to state the nature of the action and the relief demanded; and if a default occurred and judgment was entered thereon, that judgment would be jurisdictionally defective and subject…