Case Name: Jacqueline Day, Appellant, v. Michael Rudolph, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-04-06
Citations: 28 A.D.3d 232
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jacqueline Day, Appellant, v Michael Rudolph, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 232–232

Head Matter:
Jacqueline Day, Appellant, v Michael Rudolph, Respondent.
[811 NYS2d 566]

Opinion:
Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered February 23, 2005, which, in an action for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident, granted defendant's postanswer motion to dismiss the complaint as barred by the statute of limitations, and denied plaintiff's cross motion to dismiss defendant's affirmative defense of the statute of limitations, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendant's answer asserted the statute of limitations as an affirmative defense. Assuming, without deciding, that the answer was late, we would deem it timely interposed under the circumstances presented (CPLR 3012 [d]). Accordingly, the action was properly dismissed as time-barred. Concur—Tom, J.P., Friedman, Sullivan, Gonzalez and Catterson, JJ.