Plaintiff was injured when he was struck by a piece of metal that fell from a construction area at the Central Terminal Building at LaGuardia Airport. A condition for commencing an action against an unknown party (CPLR 1024) is that the plaintiff demonstrate he or she made a genuine effort to ascertain, in a timely manner, the identity of the defendants prior to expiration of the statute of limitations (Tucker v Lorieo,
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OPIELA v. MAY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
10 A.D.3d 340 (2004)
781 N.Y.S.2d 353
STEVEN J. OPIELA, Appellant, v. MAY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, Defendant, and LEHRER McGOVERN & BOVIS et al., Respondents.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided August 26, 2004.
Decided August 26, 2004.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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