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Beatrice Shirley Steele v. Watson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 15, 2007
37 A.D.3d 284 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 241.

February 15, 2007.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George D. Salerno, J.), entered on or about June 19, 2005, which, in an action to recover the cash collateral paid by plaintiff to secure a bail bond releasing her son from jail, granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Beatrice Shirley Steele, appellant pro se.

Kelly Rubin, LLP, New York (Michael F. Rubin of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Friedman, Sweeny and Kavanagh, JJ.


Any possible cause of action accrued when bail was exonerated upon plaintiff's son's plea of guilty, nearly 12 years before plaintiff's commencement of the action, and is time-barred (CPLR 213; 214 [3]).


Summaries of

Beatrice Shirley Steele v. Watson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 15, 2007
37 A.D.3d 284 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

Beatrice Shirley Steele v. Watson

Case Details

Full title:BEATRICE SHIRLEY STEELE, Appellant, v. JERRY WATSON et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Feb 15, 2007

Citations

37 A.D.3d 284 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 1369
828 N.Y.S.2d 810

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