Opinion
Submitted May 23, 2001.
June 11, 2001.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Beisner, J.), dated August 17, 2000, which granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the action for failure to timely serve a complaint pursuant to CPLR 3012(b) and denied their cross motion to compel the defendant to accept an untimely complaint.
Wolfson, Greller, Egitto, Kitchen Klein, LLP, Poughkeepsie, N Y (Lee David Klein of counsel), for appellants.
Harriton Furrer, LLP, Tarrytown, N.Y. (Urs Broderick Furrer of counsel), for respondent.
Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, P.J., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, ANITA R. FLORIO, HOWARD MILLER, SANDRA L. TOWNES, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly dismissed the action based upon the plaintiffs' failure to serve a timely complaint (see, CPLR 3012[b]). The plaintiffs did not demonstrate a meritorious cause of action and a reasonable excuse for their delay in serving the complaint (see, Chmielnik v. Rosenberg, 269 A.D.2d 555; Gottfried v. ABC Corp., 267 A.D.2d 350; Brown v. Rosenfeld, 228 A.D.2d 460).