Lucious v. Rutland Nursing Home of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

• Decision Date: 01 December 2003
• Docket Number: 2002-04963.
• Citation: 2003 NY Slip Op 19175,2 A.D.3d 412,767 N.Y.S.2d 792
• Parties: SONYIA LUCIOUS, Respondent, v. RUTLAND NURSING HOME OF KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

2 A.D.3d 412

767 N.Y.S.2d 792

2003 NY Slip Op 19175

SONYIA LUCIOUS, Respondent, v. RUTLAND NURSING HOME OF KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant.

2002-04963.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

December 1, 2003.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), dated May 3, 2002, which granted the plaintiff's motion to "restore" the action to active status.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the defendants' contention, CPLR 3404 does not apply to this pre-note of issue case (see Lopez v Imperial Delivery Serv., 282 AD2d 190 [2001]). Furthermore, there was no 90-day notice pursuant to CPLR 3216, nor was there an order dismissing the complaint pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.27. Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff's motion to "restore" the action to active status (see Torres v Nu-Way Mach. Corp. Co., 296 AD2d 545 [2002]; Johnson v Brooklyn Hosp. Ctr., 295 AD2d 567 [2002]; Farley v Danaher Corp., 295 AD2d 559 [2002]).

Florio, J.P., S. Miller, Townes and Mastro, JJ., concur.