Court Opinion

ID: 6077818
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 18:27:58.762866+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:53:05.088220
License: Public Domain

—In an action to recover damages for personal spondent.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
As a consequence of the plaintiff’s failure to comply with a conditional order of dismissal, that order became absolute. To be relieved from the adverse impact of the order of dismissal, the plaintiff had to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for his failure to timely comply with the discovery demands, and the existence of a meritorious cause of action (see, Liotti v Ruk, 282 AD2d 717; Kepple v Hill Assocs., 275 AD2d 299). The plaintiff did not meet this burden. Therefore, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the com*697plaint pursuant to CPLR 3126. Santucci, J. P., Altman, Florio, H. Miller and Cozier, JJ., concur.