Deutsche Bank, AG v. Vik

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Anil C. Singh, J.), entered March 7, 2016, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiff’s motion to extend its time for service pursuant to CPLR 306-b, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The motion court exercised its discretion in a provident manner in granting the extension both for “good cause shown” and “in the interest of justice” (CPLR 306-b; see Leader v Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer, 97 NY2d 95, 104-105 [2001]). Although plaintiff waited to move for the extension until 18 months after service was contested, this was…