Legal Opinion
Busler v. Corbett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 1, 1999PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Scudder, J.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether pursuant to CPLR 306-b Supreme Court abused its discretion by denying plaintiffs motion to extend the time to serve defendants nunc pro tunc in the interest of justice. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the court should have granted plaintiffs motion.
On April 7, 1995, while driving his sister’s truck, defendant Peter F. Corbett struck plaintiffs vehicle from the rear while plaintiff was stopped at a traffic light. On April 1, 1998, six days before the expiration of the Statute of Limitations, plaintiff…
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