Bob v. Cohen

*415Defendants’ motion to dismiss was not untimely, as found by the motion court, since the parties had stipulated, both orally and in writing, to extend defendants’ time to “respond” to the complaint to January 31, 2011 and defendants served and filed their motion to dismiss by said date (see Dilorio v Antonelli, 240 AD2d 537 [2d Dept 1997]; Del Valle v Office of Dist. Attorney of Bronx County, 215 AD2d 258 [1st Dept 1995]; CPLR 320 [a]; 3211 [e]; compare McGee v Dunn, 75 AD3d 624, 625 [2d Dept 2010]). Nevertheless, defendants were not entitled to dismissal of this legal malpractice action…