Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 22, 2000 (Elbaz v. Lieb)

—In an action to recover damages for dental malpractice, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Levine, J.), dated June 21, 1999, which denied their motion pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b) to dismiss the action on the ground that the plaintiff failed to timely serve a complaint.