Sumba v Sampaio

2007 NY Slip Op 07423 [44 AD3d 648]

October 2, 2007

Appellate Division, Second Department

As corrected through Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Victor Sumba, Respondent, v Olinda Sampaio et al.,Appellants.

—[*1]Baxter, Smith, Tassan & Shapiro, P.C., White Plains, N.Y. (Terri S. Hall of counsel),for appellants.

Tully Law Office, P.C., Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Tara A. Tully of counsel), forrespondent.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order ofthe Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nicolai, J.), entered April 6, 2007, which denied theirmotion pursuant to CPLR 4102 (e) for leave to file a jury demand nunc pro tunc.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants failed to make an adequate factual showing that their failure to timely file ajury demand was the result of inadvertence or other excusable default (see Behrmann v HeinzPet Prods., 215 AD2d 619 [1995]; Tarantino v City of New York, 148 AD2d 601[1989]; Joseph v Exxon Corp., 83 AD2d 549 [1981]; cf. Lane v Marshall, 89AD2d 579 [1982]; Calspan Corp. v Fingermatrix, Inc., 84 AD2d 826 [1981]).Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly exercised its discretion in denying the defendants'motion. Schmidt, J.P., Spolzino, Skelos, Lifson and McCarthy, JJ., concur.