Case Name: Donna Sterns, Respondent, v. Ralph DiBenedetto et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-09-26
Citations: 207 A.D.2d 879
Docket Number: 
Parties: Donna Sterns, Respondent, v Ralph DiBenedetto et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 207
Pages: 879–880

Head Matter:
Donna Sterns, Respondent, v Ralph DiBenedetto et al., Appellants.
[616 NYS2d 988]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.), dated March 12, 1992, as held that the Statute of Limitations had been tolled for 60 days after its expiration.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Contrary to the defendants' contention, we find that the plaintiff complied with the requirements of CPLR 203 (b) (5) by filing a copy of the summons and complaint with the Kings County Clerk prior to the expiration of the applicable Statute of Limitations (see, Petrone v S.S.K.S. Rest. Corp., 125 AD2d 654; Johnson Matthey v Farrel, 141 AD2d 68). Mangano, P. J., Lawrence, Copertino, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.