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Coleman v. Sammon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 12, 1999
265 A.D.2d 367 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

Submitted August 17, 1999

October 12, 1999

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bernstein, J.).


ORDERED that the appeal from the order dated March 27, 1998, is dismissed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appeal from the judgment is dismissed, as the judgment was superseded by the order dated January 19, 1999, made upon reargument; and it is further,

ORDERED that the order dated January 19, 1999, is affirmed insofar as appealed from; and it is further,

ORDERED that the defendants are awarded one bill of costs.

The appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action ( see, Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from the order are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the order dated January 19, 1999, made upon reargument, which superseded the judgment (see, CPLR 5501[a][1]).

It is well settled that a party seeking to restore an action to the trial calendar after it has been dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3404 must establish: (1) the merits of the action, (2) a reasonable excuse for the delay, (3) the absence of an intent to abandon the action, and (4) the lack of prejudice to the nonmoving party if the action is restored to the calendar ( see, Robinson v. New York City Tr. Auth., 203 A.D.2d 351; Hatcher v. Cassanova, 180 A.D.2d 664; Hagelman v. Sheridan, 150 A.D.2d 430. All four components must be satisfied before the dismissal can be properly vacated ( see, Fico v. Health Ins. Plan of Greater N.Y., 248 A.D.2d 432, 433; Carter v. City of New York, 231 A.D.2d 485). In the instant case, the Supreme Court correctly denied the plaintiff's cross motion to vacate the automatic dismissal of the case and restore the case to the trial calendar, as the plaintiff failed to satisfy all of these elements ( see, Moses v. Wilmaud Realty Corp., 262 A.D.2d 538 [2d Dept., June 21, 1999]; Tate v. Peninsula Hosp. Ctr., 255 A.D.2d 503; McKenna v. Solomon, 255 A.D.2d 496; Fico v. Health Ins. Plan of Greater N.Y., supra).

S. MILLER, J.P., SULLIVAN, FRIEDMANN, and FEUERSTEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Coleman v. Sammon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 12, 1999
265 A.D.2d 367 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Coleman v. Sammon

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM RANDALL COLEMAN, appellant, v. ROBERT C. SAMMON, etc., et al.…

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

Date published: Oct 12, 1999

Citations

265 A.D.2d 367 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
696 N.Y.S.2d 848

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