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A LATE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS ABSENT GOOD CAUSE FOR THE DELAY (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiffs’ late motion for summary judgment should not have been considered on the merits:

CPLR 3212(a) provides, inter alia, that the court may set a date after which no motion for summary judgment may be made, and “[i]f no such date is set by the court, such motion 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.” “‘[G]ood cause’ in CPLR 3212(a) requires a showing of good cause for the delay in making the motion” … .

Here, the plaintiffs’ motion was, in effect, for summary judgment. The plaintiffs do not dispute that they did not file their motion within the period specified by CPLR 3212(a), and no good cause for the delay was shown. Thus, the Supreme Court erred in considering the motion on the merits … , and should have denied the motion. Bennett v State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2021 NY Slip Op 05687, Second Dept 10-20-21

 

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