Calabrese v. Springer Personnel of New York, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard S. Lane, J.

This motion raises the issue of validity of service of papers upon an attorney through a facsimile (fax) machine.

These machines have been around for many years, but recently they have become so sophisticated and user-friendly that they have become overwhelmingly the method of choice for the transmission of documents in today’s world. Indeed their use has become so widespread that business stationery now commonly carries a fax telephone number in addition to an ordinary one, and, in common usage, fax has been converted into a verb as well as an adjective…