Opinion
2001-08776
Submitted May 23, 2002.
June 18, 2002.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Murphy, J.), entered September 21, 2001, which granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the action as time-barred.
Zeccola Selinger, Goshen, N.Y. (John S. Selinger of counsel), for appellants.
Susan B. Owens, Valhalla, N.Y., for resondent.
Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., NANCY E. SMITH, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed with costs.
The Supreme Court properly dismissed the action commenced May 8, 2001, as time-barred. The plaintiffs were not entitled to invoke the six-month extension contained in CPLR 205(a) (see Markoff v. South Nassau Community Hosp., 61 N.Y.2d 283; County of Rockland v. Coakley, 235 A.D.2d 782; Matter of Winston v. Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Bd., 224 A.D.2d 160).
FLORIO, J.P., SMITH, FRIEDMANN and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.