Brown v. WORLD FINANCIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
Decision Date | 09 June 2003 |
Parties | ELISA BROWN, Respondent,<BR>v.<BR>WORLD FINANCIAL PROPERTIES, INC., Formerly Known as OLYMPIA AND YORK, INC., Appellant, et al., Defendants. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted unconditionally, and the complaint is dismissed.
Having been served with a 90-day notice pursuant to CPLR 3216, the plaintiff should have complied with the notice by filing a note of issue or should have moved, before the default date, either to vacate the notice or extend the 90-day period (see Baczkowski v Collins Constr. Co., 89 NY2d 499, 503 [1997]; Stuckey v Westchester County Dept. of Transp., 298 AD2d 577 [2002], lv denied 100 NY2d 502 [2003]; Raffa v Cook, 289 AD2d 385 [2001]; Wechsler v First Unum Life Ins. Co., 295 AD2d 340 [2002]). The plaintiff failed to do so. Accordingly, to avoid dismissal, the plaintiff was required to demonstrate both a justifiable excuse for the delay in properly responding to the 90-day notice and the existence of a meritorious cause of action (see Baczkowski v Collins Constr. Co., supra at 503; Stuckey v Westchester County Dept. of Transp., supra). The plaintiff did not demonstrate a justifiable excuse, nor did she demonstrate a meritorious cause of action (see Rubin v Baglio, 234 AD2d 534 [1996]; Longacre Corp. v Better Hosp. Equip. Corp., 228 AD2d 653 [1996]; Aalbue v Flaherty, 202 AD2d 381 [1994]). Therefore, the Supreme Court improperly relieved the plaintiff of her default.
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