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Excuse for Default Found Inadequate

The Second Department determined the motion court erred when it found defendant’s excuse for default in appearing or answering adequate:

While the determination of what constitutes a reasonable excuse lies within the sound discretion of the Supreme Court, a general assertion that the default was occasioned by the defendant’s insurance broker or liability carrier is insufficient … . Here, the defendant’s unsubstantiated claims that he believed that his insurance broker had forwarded the summons and complaint to his insurer and that his insurer was providing a defense are unreasonable given that the defendant was served with the plaintiff’s motion for leave to enter a default judgment … .   Spitzer v Landau, 2013 NY Slip Op 02067, 2012-05686, Index No 001868/11, 2nd Dept 3-27-13

 

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