Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1997

Dunleavy v. Moya

Dunleavy v. Moya
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 20, 1997
237 A.D.2d 176; 655 N.Y.S.2d 371; 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2721
Dunleavy v. Moya

Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered on or about January 31, 1996, which denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs complaint for lack of jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

We agree with the IAS Court that the three attempts to serve defendant at his home, the first on a Friday at 7:55 a.m., the second the next day, Saturday, at 2:00 p.m., and the third two days later, Monday, Memorial Day, at 10:14 a.m., constituted due diligence justifying service under CPLR 308 (4). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Milonas and Tom, JJ.

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