Case Name: Hippocratis Mertsaris et al., Appellants, v. Paolo & Sons Construction Corp., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, and John Carusone, Respondent. White Cap Pools & Spas, Ltd., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-25
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 534
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hippocratis Mertsaris et al., Appellants, v Paolo & Sons Construction Corp., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, and John Carusone, Respondent. White Cap Pools & Spas, Ltd., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 534–535

Head Matter:
Hippocratis Mertsaris et al., Appellants, v Paolo & Sons Construction Corp., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, and John Carusone, Respondent. White Cap Pools & Spas, Ltd., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.
[697 NYS2d 639]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for the negligent construction of a residence, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golar, J.), dated October 15, 1998, which denied their motion to vacate the automatic dismissal of the action pursuant to CPLR 3404 and to restore the case to the trial calendar.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.
In seeking to restore their action to the trial calendar after it was dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3404, the plaintiffs were required to show the merits of the case, a reasonable excuse for the delay, the absence of an intent to abandon the matter, and the lack of prejudice to the nonmoving party if the case is restored to the calendar (see, McKenna v Solomon, 255 AD2d 496; Tate v Peninsula Hosp. Ctr., 255 AD2d 503; Jeffs v Janessa, Inc., 226 AD2d 504). Because the plaintiffs failed to satisfy these requirements, the Supreme Court properly denied their motion (see, Fico v Health Ins. Plan, 248 AD2d 432; Carter v City of New York, 231 AD2d 485). O'Brien, J. P., Sullivan, Gold-stein, Luciano and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.