Bergman v. Slater

Full title: RICHARD BERGMAN et al., Respondents, v. JAMES M. SLATER et al., Appellants

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Mar 11, 1994

202 A.D.2d 971 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

609 N.Y.S.2d 737

Opinion

March 11, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Cayuga County, Corning, J.

Present — Green, J.P., Pine, Callahan, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.

Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' action based upon the failure of the summons with notice to comply with CPLR 305 (b). "While the words 'personal injury' may not apprise defendants of the precise legal theory behind plaintiffs' case, they adequately apprise defendants of the 'nature of the action' at this stage of the litigation" (Pilla v La Flor De Mayo Express, 191 A.D.2d 224; cf., Scaringi v. Broome Realty Corp., 191 A.D.2d 223; Drummer v. Valeron Corp., 154 A.D.2d 897, lv denied 75 N.Y.2d 705).