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Relation-Back” and “Savings Clause” Statutes Explained

The First Department discussed the difference between the relation-back doctrine of CPLR 203(f) and the savings clause of CPLR 205(a):

In a prior appeal in this action, we held that plaintiffs could not utilize the relation-back provisions in CPLR 203(f) to cure their defective initial complaint, based on their failure to comply with the subject agreements’ condition precedent to commencing an action against Impact, since the doctrine is dependent upon the existence of a valid preexisting action .. . However, on this appeal, we find that the savings clause of CPLR 205(a) does not bar plaintiffs’ action, since the statute was “created to serve in those cases in which the prior action was defective and so had to be dismissed” … . The dismissal of the prior action for plaintiffs’ failure to comply with a condition precedent was not a judgment on the merits …, and plaintiff commenced a new action within the six-month period required by CPLR 205(a).  Southern Wine & Spirits of Am, Inc v Impact Envtl Eng’g, PLLC, 2013 NY Slip Op o2i46, 9651, 650083/10, 1st Dept 3-28-13

 

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