Court Opinion

ID: 5844667
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 23:42:01.558792+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:43:53.508979
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Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered February 9, 1979, which granted plaintiff’s motion to compel the defendant to accept service of the complaint and denied defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the action pursuant to CPLR 3012, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs and without disbursements; plaintiff’s motion denied and defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the action granted. Defendant did not specifically state in an affidavit or affirmation that it made a demand for the complaint. It did so state in the outline of this action’s procedural history contained in its memorandum of law, to wit, that “on July 25, 1975, the defendant served a notice of appearance and demand for the complaint.” This outline of the action’s procedural history was incorporated by reference in the affirmation of an assistant corporation counsel of defendant city submitted in support of the defendant’s cross motion, as follows: “The procedural history of this action and legal support for the position of the defendant are contained in the amended Memorandum of Law.” Under these circumstances, and in light of the inadequate excuse for the delay in serving the complaint, and the weak showing of merit, it was error for Special Term to permit plaintiff to proceed against the defendant (see Barasch v Micucci, 49 NY2d 594). Plaintiff’s motion seeking leave to supplement her brief is denied. Concur—Fein, J. P., Sandler, Ross, Markewich and Lupiano, JJ.