MEISELMAN v. CENTRAL SUFFOLK HOSPITAL


273 A.D.2d 209 (2000)

709 N.Y.S.2d 436

ANNETTE MEISELMAN, Appellant, v. CENTRAL SUFFOLK HOSPITAL, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided June 5, 2000.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

To avoid dismissal for failure to timely serve a complaint after a demand for the complaint has been made pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b), a plaintiff must demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the delay in serving the complaint and a meritorious cause of action (see, Chmielnik v Rosenberg, 269 A.D.2d 555; Quinn v Wenco Food Sys., Co., 269 A.D.2d 437

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