Horvath v. Bayonne Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a medical malpractice action, the appeals are from three orders of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Goldberg, J.), all dated February 2, 1983, which denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss the action based upon plaintiff’s failure to timely serve a complaint. Orders reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint granted. In her opposition to defendants’ motions, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her delay *825in serving the complaint and failed to establish the legal merits of…
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