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HERE, EVEN THOUGH THE INITIAL ACTION WAS TIMELY ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SIX-MONTH “SAVINGS PROVISION” EXTENSION IN CPLR 205(A), THE SECOND ACTION, COMMENCED AFTER THE DISMISSAL OF THE FIRST FOR LACK OF STANDING, CAN BE DEEMED TIMELY UNDER A SECOND CPLR 205(A) SIX-MONTH “SAVINGS PROVISION” EXTENSION (SECOND DEPT).​ ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice LaSalle, determined the “savings provision” of CPLR 205(a) allows a second six-month extension of the time to file a new action after a dismissal which is not on the merits. In this wrongful death and Public Health Law 2801-d action against a nursing home and hospital, the complaint was filed an served while the application for appointment of an executor was pending. The complaint was dismissed because the plaintiff did not have standing. Although the statute of limitations had run, the initial action was timely because of the savings provision in CPLR 205(a). The action was commenced again whiled the application for appointment of an executor was still pending. This time the complaint was dismissed with prejudice on the ground the six-month extension in CPLR 205(a) is only available once:​

The primary issue raised on this appeal is whether CPLR 205(a) permits a litigant to commence an otherwise untimely new action within six months of the dismissal of a prior action where that prior action was, itself, made timely only by a previous application of CPLR 205(a). This issue appears to be one of first impression in a State apellate court. Although the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (hereinafter the Second Circuit) has answered this question in the negative (see Ray v Ray, 22 F4th 69 [2d Cir]), that holding is not binding on this Court, and we respectfully disagree with it and conclude that the plain language of CPLR 205(a) does allow a litigant to commence such an action. Accordingly, while the Supreme Court properly dismissed the instant complaint on the ground that the plaintiff had not yet obtained letters testamentary to become the personal representative of the decedent’s estate, the dismissal should have been without prejudice instead of with prejudice. ​​Tumminia v Staten Is. Univ. Hosp., 2025 NY Slip Op 03352, Second Dept 6-4-25

Practice Point: Here an action which was timely only by the application of the six-month “savings provision” extension in CPLR 205(a), and which was dismissed for lack of standing, did not preclude a second identical action which could only be deemed timely by a second application of the CPLR 205(a) savings provision.​

 

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