DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NEW YORK FSB v. LUNA

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Docket Number

2002-04147

Attorney(S)

Albert M. Rizzo, New York, N.Y., for appellant. Louis R. Rosenthal, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Rudolf J. Karvay of counsel), for nonparty-respondent. Lederman Abrahams Lederman, LLP, Massapequa, N.Y. (Bruce H. Lederman of counsel), for intervenor-respondent.

Judges

Nancy E. Smith
William F. Mastro

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DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NEW YORK FSB, ETC., plaintiff, v. FERNAN LUNA, ET AL., defendants, NATHEN GOLDSTEIN, INC., appellant; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF KINGS COUNTY, ETC., nonparty-respondent; EMMANUEL KU, inter

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

"[A] plaintiff is unable to commence an action during the period between the death of a potential defendant and the appointment of a representative of the estate" (Laurenti v. Teatom, 210 A.D.2d 300, 301; see 100 W. 72nd St. Assocs. v. Murphy, 144 Misc.2d 1036, 1040; Stephens v. Victory Mem. Hosp., 142 Misc.2d 61, 65-66; 21A Carmody-Wait 2d, N.Y. Prac § 129:24, at 276; 1 Weinstein-Korn-Miller, N.Y. Civ Prac ¶ 210.04). Here, it is undisputed that no personal representative had been appointed for the decedent's estate at the time that the plaintiff attempted to commence this action to foreclose on the mortgage on the decedent's property.

The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.

SMITH, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, TOWNES and MASTRO, JJ., concur.

DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NEW YORK FSB, ETC., plaintiff, v. FERNAN LUNA, ET AL., defendants, NATHEN GOLDSTEIN, INC., appellant; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF KINGS COUNTY, ETC., nonparty-respondent; EMMANUEL KU, inter

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