Opinion
2001-06935
Submitted April 10, 2002.
August 5, 2002.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Coppola, J.), entered July 3, 2001, which denied their motion to restore the action to the trial calendar pursuant to CPLR 3404.
Mark Kressner, Bronx, N.Y. (Jay L. T. Breakstone of counsel), for appellants.
Ahmuty, Demers McManus, Albertson, N.Y. (Frederick B. Simpson and Brendan T. Fitzpatrick of counsel), for respondents Robert E. Shepard, Charles Anderson Trust, and First Union National Bank of Florida.
Patrick Colligan (Carol R. Finocchio, Harrison, N.Y. [Lawrence B. Goodman] of counsel), for respondent Robert J. Plaut Associates, Inc.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., NANCY E. SMITH, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, HOWARD MILLER, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with one bill of costs, the motion is granted, and the action is restored to the trial calendar.
The plaintiffs were entitled to the automatic restoration of the action to the trial calendar upon their timely initial request (see Basetti v. Nour, 287 A.D.2d 126; see also Polvino v. Island Group Admin., 289 A.D.2d 315; Anderson v. Maltz, 288 A.D.2d 334; Wasilewicz v. Village of Monroe Police Dept., 288 A.D.2d 377).
SANTUCCI, J.P., SMITH, KRAUSMAN, H. MILLER and ADAMS, JJ., concur.