The injured plaintiff died during the pendency of this action, from unrelated causes. Counsel first sought to have a next-of-kin substituted, but the decedent's son, an Army officer in Georgia, expressed little interest. Counsel then turned to the Public Administrator of Suffolk County, but that move also entailed procedural delay. The court and defense counsel were kept apprised of these steps. Fifteen months after plaintiff died, there was a defense motion to dismiss for...
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