Gilkes v New York Wholesale Paper Corp.
2011 NY Slip Op 08205 [89 AD3d 534]
November 15, 2011
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, January 4th, 2012


Ivor W. Gilkes, Jr., Respondent,
v
New York Wholesale Paper Corp., Appellant.

[*1] Baron Law Firm, PLLC, East Northport (Jeffrey T. Baron of counsel), for appellant.

Law Offices of Mark S. Gray, New York (Peter J. Eliopoulos of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (George J. Silver, J.), entered August 16, 2010, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 306-b to extend his time to serve the summons and complaint, and denied defendant's cross motion to dismiss for failure to timely serve said process, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Order, same court and Justice, entered March 24, 2011, which granted reargument and adhered to its prior decision, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The IAS court providently exercised its discretion, in the interest of justice, by granting plaintiff's motion for an extension of time to serve the summons and complaint. The court properly considered pertinent factors such as plaintiff's showing of merit, the expiration of the statute of limitations, the prompt receipt of plaintiff's notice of claim by defendant's insurer, and the failure of defendant's employee to provide contact information for himself or defendant at the time of the accident (see Leader v Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer, 97 NY2d 95, 105-106 [2001]; Sutter v Reyes, 60 AD3d 448 [2009]; Estey-Dorsa v Chavez, 27 AD3d 277, 278 [2006]). Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Catterson, Moskowitz, Renwick and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.