Smith v. City of New York

—In an action to recover damages for false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Nahman, J.), dated November 25, 1991, which denied his motion to vacate the automatic dismissal of the action pursuant to CPLR 3404 and to restore the action to the trial calendar.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

It is well settled that a motion to vacate the automatic dismissal of an action pursuant to CPLR 3404 and to restore the matter to the calendar is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court…