Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In order to defeat the motion for dismissal in this case, the plaintiff should have first offered a reasonable excuse for failing to timely serve a complaint and should have shown that he has a meritorious action by furnishing a sworn statement from a person having personal knowledge of the facts such as would be sufficient to defeat a motion for summary judgment (see, Luksic v Killmer,
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