Opinion
2002-10000.
Submitted October 8, 2003.
November 24, 2003.
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jones, J.), dated July 16, 2002, which denied her motion to restore the case to the trial calendar.
Joseph M. Palmiotto, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Deegan Deegan, Hempstead, N.Y. (Donald E. Deegan of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT and BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A party moving to restore an action to the trial calendar more than one year after it was stricken from the calendar, after it has been dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3404, must establish (1) a meritorious cause of action, (2) a reasonable excuse for the delay in prosecution of the action, (3) a lack of intent to abandon the action, and (4) a lack of prejudice to the defendant ( see Basetti v. Nour, 287 A.D.2d 126; Fernandez v. Staten Is. Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Assocs, 289 A.D.2d 372). The plaintiff failed to make the requisite showing. Accordingly, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the motion.
SANTUCCI, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, SCHMIDT and COZIER, JJ., concur.