Case Name: Archie Knauer et al, Respondents, v. Long Island Airports Limousine Service Corp., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-04-06
Citations: 53 Misc. 2d 1017
Docket Number: 
Parties: Archie Knauer et al, Respondents, v. Long Island Airports Limousine Service Corp., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 1017–1017

Head Matter:
Archie Knauer et al, Respondents, v. Long Island Airports Limousine Service Corp., Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
April 6, 1967.
Morton J. Levine for appellant. Tolchin & Schiff (Richard O. Tolchin of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This was an action pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (U. S. Code, tit. 29, § 201-219) and plaintiffs were therefore required to serve a summons and formal pleading (N. Y. City Civil Ct. Rules, rule 5).
The failure to serve the complaint and summons was a jurisdictional defect (Baum v. Halperin, 169 N. Y. S. 489) not waived by the service of a notice of appearance. (See CCA, § 402, 902, 1001, 1002, and McKinney's Cons. Laws of N. Y., Book 29A, Court Acts, Practice Commentaries thereto.)
The orders granting plaintiffs leave to serve a verified complaint, nunc pro tunc, and denying the cross motion to dismiss the action should be reversed.
The plaintiffs' motions should be denied and the cross motion to dismiss the action granted, with $10 costs.
Concur — Streit, J. P., Markowitz and Gold, JJ.
Motions denied and cross motion granted, etc.