Schuster v Deckoff

Holding The court affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s personal injury action for lack of personal jurisdiction because the plaintiff failed to establish proper substituted service. Additionally, the court denied the plaintiff’s cross-motion for an extension of time to serve the pleadings due to a lack of reasonably diligent efforts.

The court’s words

The competent evidence at the traverse hearing established that neither defendant resided at the Park Avenue address when plaintiff's process server made his lone attempt to serve the pleadings on defendants at that address.

2026 NY Slip Op 06395, at the official text

Plaintiff failed to establish that reasonably diligent efforts were made to effect service of process in either of the two actions

2026 NY Slip Op 06395, at the official text