# Brown v. Marine Midland Bank

> Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · February 2, 1996 · 224 A.D.2d 1016

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5999043

## Case

- **Full name:** George W. Brown v. Marine Midland Bank, N. A., and DiPizio Construction Co., Inc.
- **Court:** Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- **Decided:** February 2, 1996
- **Citations:** 224 A.D.2d 1016; 637 N.Y.S.2d 535; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1673
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

—Order insofar as appealed from unanimously reversed on the law without costs, cross motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying the cross motion of defendant DiPizio Construction Co., Inc. (DiPizio) to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint against it. The failure to obtain leave of court to serve a supplemental summons and amended complaint to add DiPizio as an additional defendant constitutes a jurisdictional defect, requiring dismissal of plaintiffs’ action against DiPizio (see, Youngs v Kissing Bridge Ski Corp., 216 AD2d 967 ; Crook v du Pont de Nemours Co. [appeal No. 2], 181 AD2d 1039 , affd 81 NY2d 807 ; see also, Dauernheim v Lend-lease Cars, 202 AD2d 624 ).
Nor are plaintiffs entitled to recommence the action pursuant to CPLR 205 (a). Because plaintiffs’ action was not properly commenced in a timely manner, plaintiffs may not take advantage of CPLR 205 (a) (see, Dreger v New York State Thruway Auth., 81 NY2d 721 ; Parker v Mack, 61 NY2d 114, 117 ; Markoff v South Nassau Community Hosp., 61 NY2d 283, 287-288 ). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Notaro, J. — Dismiss Complaint.) Present — Pine, J. P., Fallon, Wesley, Doerr and Davis, JJ.

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