Maharaj v. LaRoche

• Decision Date: 12 January 2010
• Docket Number: 2009-00379
• Citation: 891 N.Y.S.2d 653,69 A.D.3d 684,2010 NY Slip Op 227
• Parties: RASHIEDA MAHARAJ, Appellant, v. DANIEL LaROCHE et al., Respondents.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

69 A.D.3d 684

891 N.Y.S.2d 653

2010 NY Slip Op 227

RASHIEDA MAHARAJ, Appellant, v. DANIEL LaROCHE et al., Respondents.

2009-00379

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

Decided January 12, 2010.

In an action to recover damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Balter, J.), dated December 9, 2008, which denied her motion to restore the action to the calendar.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs payable by the respondents, and the motion to restore the action to the calendar is granted.

The plaintiff moved to restore this action to the calendar after it was, in effect, dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3216 for failure to file a timely note of issue pursuant to a compliance order dated April 15, 2008. Notably, the compliance order specifically advised that it did not constitute a CPLR 3216 notice. Thus, the order could not be deemed a 90-day demand to file a note of issue, which is a precondition to dismissal under CPLR 3216 (see CPLR 3216 [b] [3]; Ratway v Donnenfeld, 43 AD3d 465 [2007]; Heifetz v Godoy, 38 AD3d 605 [2007]; Murray v Smith Corp., 296 AD2d 445, 447 [2002]). Accordingly, the plaintiff's motion to restore the action to the calendar should have been granted.

SKELOS, J.P., FLORIO, BALKIN, BELEN and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.