Case Name: Gilda Akler et al., Appellants, v. Booth Memorial Hospital Medical Center et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-07-02
Citations: 285 A.D.2d 438
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gilda Akler et al., Appellants, v Booth Memorial Hospital Medical Center et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 285
Pages: 438–438

Head Matter:
Second Department,
July, 2001
(July 2, 2001)
Gilda Akler et al., Appellants, v Booth Memorial Hospital Medical Center et al., Respondents.
[727 NYS2d 337]

Opinion:
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Milano, J.), entered September 1, 2000, which dismissed the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
After properly being served with a 90-day notice, the plaintiffs failed to comply therewith by either filing a note of issue or moving, before the default date, to vacate the notice or extend the 90-day period (see, Turman v Amity OBG Assocs., 170 AD2d 668). Accordingly, to avoid dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3216, the plaintiffs were required to provide a reasonable excuse for their default and to demonstrate a meritorious cause of action (see, CPLR 3216; Basso v Lessing's Inc., 274 AD2d 488). The plaintiffs failed to satisfy either requirement. Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly dismissed the complaint. Ritter, J. P., Altman, McGinity, Smith and Cozier, JJ., concur.