Case Name: Andrea Moffett et al., Respondents, v. Perry E. Wayne, Also Known as Wayne E. Perry, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-04-17
Citations: 149 A.D.2d 572
Docket Number: 
Parties: Andrea Moffett et al., Respondents, v Perry E. Wayne, Also Known as Wayne E. Perry, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 149
Pages: 572–573

Head Matter:
Andrea Moffett et al., Respondents, v Perry E. Wayne, Also Known as Wayne E. Perry, Appellant.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Sangiorgio, J.), dated May 5, 1987, which denied his motion to dismiss the action.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted and the action is dismissed.
Even assuming, arguendo, that the Statute of Limitations was properly tolled pursuant to CPLR 203 (b) (5), which is not established by the record, we find that personal jurisdiction was not obtained over the defendant. The parties agree that the person served was a neighbor of the defendant. The plaintiffs' purported service of a summons with notice pursu ant to CPLR 308 (2) was therefore defective since delivery to a neighbor is not delivery "to a person at the actual place of business, dwelling place or usual place of abode of the person to be served" (emphasis added). Thompson, J. P., Kunzeman, Eiber, Spatt and Balletta, JJ., concur.