Case Name: Clarence Dixon, Jr., an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Clarence Dixon, et al., Respondents, v. Eastern State Construction Co., Appellant, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-04-03
Citations: 39 A.D.3d 230
Docket Number: 
Parties: Clarence Dixon, Jr., an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Clarence Dixon, et al., Respondents, v Eastern State Construction Co., Appellant, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 39
Pages: 230–231

Head Matter:
Clarence Dixon, Jr., an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Clarence Dixon, et al., Respondents, v Eastern State Construction Co., Appellant, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
[831 NYS2d 705]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered July 24, 2006, which granted plaintiffs' motion to reinstate the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff demonstrated a sufficient excuse for the delay, in that he was relying on his prior counsel's misrepresentations that the matter was progressing (see Pagan v Estate of Anglero, 22 AD3d 285 [2005]). Plaintiff demonstrated he had a sufficiently meritorious cause of action to warrant going forward. Concur—Andrias, J.E, Friedman, Marlow, Williams and Catterson, JJ.