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MOTION TO COMPEL ACCEPTANCE OF A LATE ANSWER SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant’s motion to compel plaintiff to accept an answer which was two days late should have been granted pursuant to CPLR 2004:

CPLR 2004 provides that, “[e]xcept where otherwise expressly prescribed by law, the court may extend the time fixed by any statute, rule or order for doing any act, upon such terms as may be just and upon good cause shown, whether the application for extension is made before or after the expiration of the time fixed.” Given the strong public policy favoring the resolution of cases on the merits, “the Supreme Court may compel a plaintiff to accept an untimely answer (see CPLR 2004, 3012[d]) where the record demonstrates that there was only a short delay in appearing or answering the complaint, that there was no willfulness on the part of the defendant, that there would be no prejudice to the plaintiff, and that a potentially meritorious defense exists”… . Here, in light of the defendant’s brief and unintentional delay in serving its answer, the lack of prejudice to the plaintiff, and the existence of a potentially meritorious defense, the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 2004 to compel the plaintiff to accept its late answer … . Baldwin Rte. 6, LLC v Bernad Creations, Ltd., 2018 NY Slip Op 01039, Second Dept 2-14-18

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