BENJAMIN v. TEIXEIRA

3557, 7464/04.

78 A.D.3d 434 (2010)

911 N.Y.S.2d 36

NICOLE BENJAMIN, Appellant, v. JULIO TEIXEIRA, M.D., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided November 9, 2010.


A party seeking to have a case restored to the trial calendar must demonstrate a meritorious cause of action, a reasonable excuse for the delay, a lack of intent to abandon the action and the absence of prejudice to the opposing party (see e.g. Kaufman v Bauer, 36 A.D.3d 481, 482 [2007]). Here, plaintiff, who brought this motion more than one year after the action had been struck from the trial calendar, failed to make the requisite...

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