Cueller v. Betanes Food Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Cueller v. Betanes Food Corp.

24 A.D.3d 201, 806 N.Y.S.2d 25

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedDecember 8, 2005

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Cueller v. Betanes Food Corp., 24 A.D.3d 201, 806 N.Y.S.2d 25 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2005).

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered on or about November 5, 2004, which denied plaintiffs motion to substitute the Administrator of the Estate of Prospero Cueller as plaintiff and to restore the action to the calendar, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

This action was commenced in 1996 for injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff while shopping in defendant’s store. Plaintiff died on April 22, 1998 and the case was marked off the calendar on October 1, 1998. A year later, it was dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3404.

The court correctly found that the order of dismissal was a nullity because it was issued after plaintiffs death and before the substitution of a legal representative for him (Faraone v National Academy of Tel. Arts & Sciences, 296 AD2d 349 [2002]; Wisdom v Wisdom, 111 AD2d 13 [1985]). However, the present motion to substitute the administrator of plaintiffs estate as plaintiff and to restore the action to the calendar was properly denied in light of the six-year delay in obtaining letters of administration and the resulting prejudice to defendant (see Dorney v Reddy, 45 AD2d 754 [1974]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Friedman, Nardelli, Sweeny and Malone, JJ.

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered on or about November 5, 2004, which denied plaintiffs motion to substitute the Administrator of the Estate of Prospero Cueller as plaintiff and to restore the action to the calendar, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

This action was commenced in 1996 for injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff while shopping in defendant’s store. Plaintiff died on April 22, 1998 and the case was marked off the calendar on October 1, 1998. A year later, it was dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3404.

The court correctly found that the order of dismissal was a nullity because it was issued after plaintiffs death and before the substitution of a legal representative for him (Faraone v National Academy of Tel. Arts & Sciences, 296 AD2d 349 [2002]; Wisdom v Wisdom, 111 AD2d 13 [1985]). However, the present motion to substitute the administrator of plaintiffs estate as plaintiff and to restore the action to the calendar was properly denied in light of the six-year delay in obtaining letters of administration and the resulting prejudice to defendant (see Dorney v Reddy, 45 AD2d 754 [1974]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Friedman, Nardelli, Sweeny and Malone, JJ.

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24 A.D.3d 201, 806 N.Y.S.2d 25, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/cueller-v-betanes-food-corp-nyappdiv-2005.

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