Sterns v. DiBenedetto

Full title: DONNA STERNS, Respondent, v. RALPH DiBENEDETTO et al., Appellants

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

Date published: Sep 26, 1994

207 A.D.2d 879 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

616 N.Y.S.2d 988

Opinion

September 26, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.).

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 A.D.2d 654; Johnson Matthey v. Farrel, 141 A.D.2d 68). Mangano, P.J., Lawrence, Copertino, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.