Anonymous v. Gerald R.

Full title: Anonymous, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald R., Defendant, Michael Z.…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 21, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 8199 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

5016 650152/11

11-21-2017

Anonymous, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald R., Defendant, Michael Z., Defendant-Respondent.

Law Office of James M. Haddad, New York (James M. Haddad of counsel), for appellant. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (Cristina R. Yannucci of counsel), for respondent.

Friedman, J.P., Gische, Kapnick, Kahn, JJ.

Law Office of James M. Haddad, New York (James M. Haddad of counsel), for appellant.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (Cristina R. Yannucci of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from so-ordered transcript, Supreme Court, New York County (Anil C. Singh, J.), entered November 27, 2013, which granted defendant Michael Z.'s motion to dismiss the claims against him without prejudice, unanimously dismissed, without costs.

Plaintiff should have appealed from the short-form order served with notice of entry on October 24, 2013 (see Corteguera v City of New York , 179 AD2d 362, 363 [1st Dept 1992]), instead of from the so-ordered transcript served with notice of entry on April 26, 2016.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: NOVEMBER 21, 2017

CLERK