Case Name: Leslie Francis et al., Appellants, v. Elfort Realty Corp. et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-12-16
Citations: 267 A.D.2d 120
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leslie Francis et al., Appellants, v Elfort Realty Corp. et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 267
Pages: 120–120

Head Matter:
Leslie Francis et al., Appellants, v Elfort Realty Corp. et al., Respondents.
[699 NYS2d 690]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J.), entered on or about October 1, 1998, which granted defendants' motions to dismiss the complaint as time-barred, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The action is not saved by CPLR 205 (a), plaintiffs' prior action having been dismissed for "neglect to prosecute" within the meaning of that section after plaintiffs' attorney, had failed to appear at five court-scheduled preliminary conferences. Concur — Ellerin, P. J., Wallach, Lerner, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.