Opinion
9864 Index 650850/18
07-11-2019
311 WEST 43RD VENTURE, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. PROFESSIONAL SOUND SERVICES, INC., Defendant, Richard H. Topham, Jr., Defendant–Appellant.
The Law Offices of Geoffrey T. Mott, P.C., Woodbury (Samuel W. Miller of counsel), for appellant.
The Law Offices of Geoffrey T. Mott, P.C., Woodbury (Samuel W. Miller of counsel), for appellant.
Friedman, J.P., Richter, Tom, Oing, Moulton, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Andrew Borrok, J.), entered July 26, 2018, which granted the motion of defendant Richard Topham, Jr. to dismiss the complaint on the basis of improper service only to the extent of granting plaintiff an extension of time to serve process, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court did not abuse its discretion in granting plaintiff an extension of time to serve process pursuant to CPLR 306–b (see Leader v. Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer, 97 N.Y.2d 95, 736 N.Y.S.2d 291, 761 N.E.2d 1018 [2001] ).