Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 5, 1972 (Williams v. Jewish Hospital)

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries and loss of services, etc., defendant appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated January 27, 1972, as, on plaintiffs’ motion, (1) vacated a prior order dismissing the complaint for want of prosecution after service of a demand pursuant to CPLR 3216 (subd.