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Carlin v. Crum Forster Insurance Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 14, 1991
170 A.D.2d 251 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

February 14, 1991

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Myriam Altman, J.).


The testimony of the process server established that, on each of two occasions, he approached defendants' receptionist, identified that he had "court" or "legal" papers, and requested that someone authorized to accept legal documents be paged. In each of the two instances in which the defendants were served, an employee of defendants approached the process server, and the process server again identified the papers to be delivered as being legal in nature. Further, the process server inquired of each employee whether she was authorized to accept service on behalf of her corporate employer. In each instance, the employee stated that she was so authorized, and provided the process server with her name which the process server entered into his log.

Based upon these facts, we find that service was properly made in a manner which, objectively viewed, was calculated to give the corporate defendants fair notice of the legal proceedings against them (Fashion Page v Zurich Ins. Co., 50 N.Y.2d 265). To the extent that the defendants challenge the credibility findings of a Special Referee and IAS court, we note that these findings are substantiated by the record and should not be disturbed (see, Kardanis v Velis, 90 A.D.2d 727).

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Milonas, Ellerin, Ross and Rubin, JJ.


Summaries of

Carlin v. Crum Forster Insurance Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 14, 1991
170 A.D.2d 251 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

Carlin v. Crum Forster Insurance Company

Case Details

Full title:BARBARA CARLIN et al., Respondents, v. CRUM FORSTER INSURANCE COMPANY et…

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

Date published: Feb 14, 1991

Citations

170 A.D.2d 251 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
565 N.Y.S.2d 519

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