Ruffin v. LION CORP. & C.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that state courts may disregard technical defects in service pursuant to CPLR 2001 so long as no prejudice arises from the violation
• “Defendant’s actual receipt of the summons and complaint is not dispositive of the efficacy of service.”
• “[T]he payment of a filing fee and the filing of initiatory papers are the acts that commence an action or special proceeding, and service comes thereafter[.]” (citing N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 304(a)) (emphasis added)

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