Lai Har Chin v. Yard

In an action to recover damages for

personal injuries, the defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Johnson, J.), dated September 14, 2006, as denied his motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CFLR 3012 (b).

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The defendant waived late service of the complaint by accept*591ing and retaining the complaint, without objection, before moving to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b) approximately eight months later (see Ligotti v Wilson, 287 AD2d 550, 551 [2001]; Chiulli v Coyne,…