CIVES STEEL COMPANY v. UNIT BUILDERS, INC.


262 A.D.2d 164 (1999)

692 N.Y.S.2d 65

CIVES STEEL COMPANY, Respondent, v. UNIT BUILDERS, INC., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided June 17, 1999.


The IAS Court properly exercised its discretion in granting plaintiff leave to serve defendant Unit, a defunct corporation, by serving its insurer. Service upon the Secretary of State was not feasible in light of Unit's voluntary dissolution some three years prior to the institution of the action against it, and plaintiff was unable to locate a corporate officer who could be served. Under the circumstances, service upon the insurer was the only apparent method reasonably...

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