The defendant moves to dismiss this libel action pursuant to the first paragraph of CPLR 3216 because of plaintiff's general delay in prosecuting the action. The application is made almost 8 months after plaintiff filed her note of issue.
The defendant stresses that four years and four months elapsed between the time that pretrial disclosure proceedings were completed and the time...
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