Order reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and motion denied. In our opinion, plaintiffs' delay of over 18 months in serving their complaint was not justified by their attorney's excuse that "the file was lost".
We have repeatedly held that such excuse is legally insufficient (Morales v. City of New York,
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