Case Name: State Farm Fire and Casualty, as Subrogee of Joseph N. Misk, Respondent, v. Parking Systems Valet Service, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-02-13
Citations: 48 A.D.3d 550
Docket Number: 
Parties: State Farm Fire and Casualty, as Subrogee of Joseph N. Misk, Respondent, v Parking Systems Valet Service, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 550–550

Head Matter:
State Farm Fire and Casualty, as Subrogee of Joseph N. Misk, Respondent, v Parking Systems Valet Service, Appellant.
[849 NYS2d 891]

Opinion:
In a subrogation action to recover insurance benefits paid to the plaintiffs insured, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Schulman, J.), entered April 25, 2007, which granted the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability is denied.
The plaintiff was required to make its motion for summary judgment no more than 120 days after the note of issue was filed, unless it obtained leave of the court on good cause shown (see CPLR 3212 [a]). The vague and conclusoiy assertions made by plaintiffs counsel regarding "settlement talks" with defense counsel were insufficient to constitute good cause for the six-month delay in making the motion for summary judgment (see Miceli v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 3 NY3d 725, 726 [2004]; Brill v City of New York, 2 NY3d 648, 652 [2004]; Perini Corp. v City of New York [Department of Envtl. Protection], 16 AD3d 37, 40 [2005]; Neves v Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 265 AD2d 393, 394 [1999]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court erred in reaching the merits of the motion (see McNally v Beva Cab Corp., 45 AD3d 820 [2007]). Spolzino, J.P., Santucci, Dillon and Balkin, JJ., concur.