Court Opinion

ID: 5841644
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 23:16:04.890979+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:43:47.639991
License: Public Domain

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the appellants’ motion pursuant to CPDR 3216 to dismiss the complaint as the plaintiff demonstrated a justifiable excuse for her delay in filing a note of issue, as well as the existence of a potentially meritorious cause of action (see Baczkowski v Collins Constr. Co., 89 NY2d 499, 503 [1997]; Kadyimov v *737Mackinnon, 82 AD3d 938 [2011]). Rivera, J.E, Florio, Eng, Hall and Cohen, JJ., concur.