Smid v. Lombard
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Opinion
In a medical malpractice action, defendant Joseph Lombard appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Monteleone, J.), dated July 9, 1980, which, after a traverse hearing, denied his motion to dismiss the complaint on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction and Statute of Limitations. Order affirmed, with costs. Where a process server dies subsequent to a contested service of process and prior to a traverse hearing, his affidavit of service, if it is not conclusory and devoid of sufficient detail (see Jones v King, 24 AD2d 430), shall be admitted in evidence as a prima facie proof of service (see Townsend, Rabinowitz, Pantaleoni & Schad v Houssein, NYLJ, July 10, 1980, p 6, col 2; Denning v Lettenty, 48 Misc 2d 185). On the facts presented, plaintiffs met their burden of proving personal jurisdiction over defendant Lombard (cf. Empire Nat. Bank v Judal Constr. of N.Y., 61 AD2d 789; Slotnick v Campanile, 47 AD2d 536, affd 38 NY2d 986). Gulotta, J.P., Cohalan, O’Connor and Thompson, JJ., concur.
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83 A.D.2d 877, 442 N.Y.S.2d 104, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15273, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/smid-v-lombard-nyappdiv-1981.