Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The dismissal of the plaintiff's first action for failure to serve a timely complaint pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b) was not a dismissal on the merits, and therefore the plaintiff was entitled to commence a second action for the same relief (see, Sotirakis v United Servs. Auto. Assn.,
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