Brown v. Marine Midland Bank

Feb 2, 1996
Versions:224 A.D.2d 1016
637 N.Y.S.2d 535
1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1673

—Order insofar as appealed from unanimously reversed on the law without costs, cross motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying the cross motion of defendant DiPizio Construction Co., Inc. (DiPizio) to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint against it. The failure to obtain leave of court to serve a supplemental summons and amended complaint to add DiPizio as an additional defendant constitutes a jurisdictional defect, requiring dismissal of plaintiffs’ action against DiPizio (see, Youngs v Kissing Bridge Ski Corp., 216 AD2d 967; Crook v du Pont de Nemours Co. [appeal No. 2], 181 AD2d 1039, affd 81 NY2d 807; see also, Dauernheim v Lend-lease Cars, 202 AD2d 624).

Nor are plaintiffs entitled to recommence the action pursuant to CPLR 205 (a). Because plaintiffs’ action was not properly commenced in a timely manner, plaintiffs may not take advantage of CPLR 205 (a) (see, Dreger v New York State Thruway Auth., 81 NY2d 721; Parker v Mack, 61 NY2d 114, 117; Markoff v South Nassau Community Hosp., 61 NY2d 283, 287-288). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Notaro, J. — Dismiss Complaint.) Present — Pine, J. P., Fallon, Wesley, Doerr and Davis, JJ.