Case Name: Corrado Borgia, as Administrator of the Estate of Rosario Borgia, et al., Appellants, v. Interboro General Hospital, Defendant, and Umberto De Girolamo et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-06-02
Citations: 59 N.Y.2d 802
Docket Number: 
Parties: Corrado Borgia, as Administrator of the Estate of Rosario Borgia, et al., Appellants, v Interboro General Hospital, Defendant, and Umberto De Girolamo et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 802–804

Head Matter:
Corrado Borgia, as Administrator of the Estate of Rosario Borgia, et al., Appellants, v Interboro General Hospital, Defendant, and Umberto De Girolamo et al., Respondents.
Argued April 29, 1983;
decided June 2, 1983
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Douglas E. McKeon and John J. Tullman for appellants.
Frederick N. Gaffney and Henry M. Primavera for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
While a disabling illness may excuse an attorney's delay in serving a complaint, in this case the default occurred well after the illness and therefore the default was not excused. Accordingly, the Appellate Division did not abuse its discretion in granting defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Meyer and Simons concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.