Case Name: Maureen N. Britt, Respondent, v. Joyce A. Klindt, Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-11-07
Citations: 209 A.D.2d 370
Docket Number: 
Parties: Maureen N. Britt, Respondent, v Joyce A. Klindt, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 209
Pages: 370–371

Head Matter:
Maureen N. Britt, Respondent, v Joyce A. Klindt, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
[619 NYS2d 595]

Opinion:
-—In a medical malpractice action, the defendant Joyce A. Klindt appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gerard, J.), dated September 13, 1993, which, after a hearing, granted the plaintiff's motion to strike the affirmative defense that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant, and denied the defendant's cross motion to dismiss the plaintiff's complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court correctly found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that service was completed pursuant to CPLR 308 (2), and jurisdiction obtained over the appellant. The fact that the process server's testimony at the hearing was contradictory to his original affidavit of service with respect to when mailing was performed raised an issue of credibility which was resolved in his favor by the hearing court (cf., Avakian v De Los Santos, 183 AD2d 687). Mangano, P. J., Lawrence, Copertino, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.