Case Name: Peter Malitizis, Appellant, v. First Unum Life Insurance Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-09-14
Citations: 275 A.D.2d 621
Docket Number: 
Parties: Peter Malitizis, Appellant, v First Unum Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 275
Pages: 621–622

Head Matter:
Peter Malitizis, Appellant, v First Unum Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
[713 NYS2d 471]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered October 21, 1999, which denied plaintiffs application for leave to file a motion for summary judgment, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the application granted and the matter remanded for further proceedings.
Under the circumstances presented, Supreme Court abused its discretion when it denied plaintiffs application seeking leave to file a motion for summary judgment more than 120 days after the filing of the note of issue (see, CPLR 3212 [a]). We note in this regard that the proposed motion was premised upon the Court of Appeals decision in New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v Doe (93 NY2d 122), which was decided after the 120-day period had expired. Moreover, defendant did not oppose plaintiffs application and does not do so on appeal. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Ellerin, Lerner, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.