Goldblum v. Franklin Munson Fire District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death, etc., the defendant Franklin Hospital Medical Center appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Joseph, J.), dated December 14, 2004, as denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 3216 to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it for failure to prosecute.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
CPLR 3216 is “extremely forgiving” (Baczkowski v Collins Constr. Co., 89 NY2d 499, 503 [1997]) in that it “never requires, but merely authorizes, the…
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