Case Name: Kenneth Kennelly, Respondent, v. Charleston Auto Sales, Inc., et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1972-10-02
Citations: 40 A.D.2d 679
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kenneth Kennelly, Respondent, v. Charleston Auto Sales, Inc., et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 679–680

Head Matter:
Kenneth Kennelly, Respondent, v. Charleston Auto Sales, Inc., et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated November 3, 1971 as, in granting their motion to dismiss the action for failure to serve a complaint, did so only conditionally, i.e., only if plaintiff were to fail to serve a complaint within a stated time. Order reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, with $10 costs and disbursements, with the result that the granting of defendants' motion is absolute. Plaintiff failed to serve any affidavit in opposition to the motion explanatory of his default in serving his complaint and showing a meritorious cause of action. Moreover, he failed to make any motion to open his default in the service of a complaint. Accordingly, the motion to dismiss should have been granted unconditionally (Crudele v. Fishman Co., 36 A D 2d 631; Salinger v. Hollander, 19 A D 2d 559; Powell v. Becker Truck Renting Corp., 20 A D 2d 573). Munder, Acting P. J., Latham, Gulotta, Christ and Benjamin, JJ., concur.