Legal Opinion

Cuccia v. H.M. Weiner & Associates

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

Decided December 3, 1996PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered on or about November 14, 1995, which denied plaintiff’s motion to vacate a default judgment and to restore the matter to the calendar, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The failure to serve a summons with the complaint in this matter is a jurisdictional defect requiring dismissal of the action (CPLR 304; cf., CPLR 305 [b]; Siegel, NY Prac § 60, at 75; § 62 [2d ed]). Accordingly, the action was properly dismissed. In light of the foregoing, we do not reach plaintiff’s remaining *27contentions. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Wallach,…

2Cited by1 opinion

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