Case Name: Rosa De Simone, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Frank De Simone, Deceased, Respondent, v. Carl Frosina, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-11-13
Citations: 221 A.D.2d 410
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rosa De Simone, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Frank De Simone, Deceased, Respondent, v Carl Frosina, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 410–411

Head Matter:
Rosa De Simone, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Frank De Simone, Deceased, Respondent, v Carl Frosina, Appellant.
[633 NYS2d 1012]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for personal injuries and wrongful death, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dye, J.), dated December 19, 1994, which denied his motion to dismiss the complaint as barred by the applicable Statute of Limitations.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
This action, commenced more than three years after the causes of action accrued, should have been dismissed as time barred. Because statutory authorization existed for obtaining jurisdiction over the defendant by means other than personal delivery of the summons within this State, the tolling provi sion of CPLR 207 was unavailable to salvage the plaintiffs action (see, Yarusso v Arbotowicz, 41 NY2d 516; Rachlin v Ortiz, 133 AD2d 76). Bracken, J. P., O'Brien, Ritter, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.