Opinion
2003-03110.
Decided January 26, 2004.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, Ford Motor Credit Company, d/b/a Mazda American Credit appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (LeVine, J.), dated February 28, 2003, which granted the plaintiff's motion for leave to add it as a party defendant and to serve it with a supplemental summons and amended complaint pursuant to CPLR 203(b).
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman Dicker, LLP, White Plains, N.Y. (John M. Flannery, Joanne Topping, and Christine Bacon Abramowitz of counsel), for appellant.
Felton Felton, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Cheryl Felton of counsel), for respondent.
Before: THOMAS A. ADAMS and BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiff's motion for leave to add the appellant as a party defendant and to serve it with a supplemental summons and amended complaint pursuant to CPLR 203(b) ( see Buran v. Coupal, 87 N.Y.2d 173; Mondello v. New York Blood Ctr. — Greater N.Y. Blood Program, 80 N.Y.2d 219; Poulard v. Papamihlopoulos, 254 A.D.2d 266; Brock v. Bua, 83 A.D.2d 61).
RITTER, J.P., S. MILLER, ADAMS and COZIER, JJ., concur.