In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice and breach of contract, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lally, J.), dated July 15, 2005, which denied his motion to restore the action to the trial calendar.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is granted.
“A plaintiff seeking to restore a case within one year of it being marked off the calendar need not demonstrate a reasonable excuse, a meritorious action, lack of intent to abandon, or a lack of prejudice to the defendants” (DiPietro v Shen, 12 AD3d 343, 343 [2004]; see Newsome v Akins, 6 AD3d 512, 513 [2004]; Bran
In light of our determination, we need not address the parties’ remaining contentions. Schmidt, J.E, Krausman, Balkin and McCarthy, JJ., concur.
