Soraya Arango v Jose A. Bonilla

Arango v Bonilla 2006 NY Slip Op 04021 [29 AD3d 834] May 23, 2006 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Soraya Arango, Respondent,
v
Jose A. Bonilla, Appellant.

—[*1]In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Agate, J.), dated January 19, 2005, which, in effect, denied that branch of his motion which was to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8), and granted the plaintiff's oral application for leave to extend her time to serve the summons and complaint pursuant to CPLR 306-b.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Under the facts of this case, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiff's application to extend the time within which to serve the summons and complaint pursuant to CPLR 306-b (see Leader v Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer, 97 NY2d 95 [2001]). Florio, J.P., Santucci, Mastro, Rivera and Covello, JJ., concur.