Opinion
Submitted December 6, 2000.
December 27, 2000.
In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lockman, J.), entered October 14, 1999, which denied her motion to extend the time to file a note of issue.
Barry A. Kamen, P.C., Stony Brook, N.Y., for appellant.
Hammill, O'Brien, Croutier, Dempsey Pender, P.C., Mineola, N Y (Anton Piotroski of counsel), for respondent.
Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Under the circumstances, where the action was previously dismissed, in effect, as abandoned, the Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiff's motion.