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DEFENDANTS DID NOT SEEK LEAVE OF COURT TO FILE A LATE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND OFFERED AN EXPLANATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN REPLY PAPERS; THE EXPLANATION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AND THE MOTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant’s late motion for summary judgment should not have been granted. Defendants did not seek permission to make the late motion and only offered an explanation for the delay in reply papers, which should not have been considered:

Pursuant to CPLR 3212(a), unless the trial court directs otherwise, a motion for summary judgment “shall be made no later than one hundred twenty days after the filing of the note of issue, except with leave of court on good cause shown” … . Here, the defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint more than 120 days after the filing of the note of issue without seeking leave of court or offering an explanation showing good cause for their delay. As a result, the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in considering the defendants’ good cause argument, presented for the first time in reply papers, and in granting their motion … . Rivera v Zouzias, 2021 NY Slip Op 00443, Second Dept 1-27-21

 

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