Opinion
Argued April 10, 2001.
May 14, 2001.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Barone, J.), entered April 18, 2000, which granted the plaintiffs' motion for leave to effectuate expedient service upon him pursuant to CPLR 308(5).
Feder, Goldstein, Tanenbaum, D'Errico Arnedos, LLP, Carle Place, N Y, for appellant.
Lisa Solomon, Ardsley, N.Y., respondent pro se, and for respondent Mark Solomon.
Before: RITTER, J.P., McGINITY, H. MILLER and TOWNES, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiffs' motion for leave to effectuate expedient service upon the defendant pursuant to CPLR 308(5) (see, Solomon v. Horie Karate Dojo, A.D.2d [Appellate Division Docket Nos. 1999-06314 and 1999-08552, decided herewith]).