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LAW OFFICE FAILURE WAS AN INADEQUATE EXCUSE FOR PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT A SCHEDULED COURT CONFERENCE IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined plaintiff's motion to vacate the dismissal of a foreclosure action was properly denied. Plaintiff failed to appear at a scheduled court conference and the law-office-failure excuse was deemed inadequate:

In order to vacate a default in appearing at a scheduled court conference, a plaintiff must demonstrate both a reasonable excuse and a potentially meritorious cause of action (see CPLR 5015[a][1]… ). The determination of whether an excuse is reasonable lies within the sound discretion of the Supreme Court … . The court has discretion to accept law office failure as a reasonable excuse (see CPLR 2005) where the claim is supported by a detailed and credible explanation of the default… .

Here, the plaintiff's bare allegation of law office failure was insufficient to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for its default … . Moreover, the plaintiff failed to provide a reasonable excuse for its lengthy delay in moving to vacate the order of dismissal … . Option One Mtge. Corp. v Rose, 2018 NY Slip Op 06023, Second Dept 9-12-18

CIVIL PROCEDURE (LAW OFFICE FAILURE WAS AN INADEQUATE EXCUSE FOR PLAINTIFF'S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT A SCHEDULED COURT CONFERENCE IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/LAW OFFICE FAILURE (CIVIL PROCEDURE, LAW OFFICE FAILURE WAS AN INADEQUATE EXCUSE FOR PLAINTIFF'S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT A SCHEDULED COURT CONFERENCE IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/ATTORNEYS  (LAW OFFICE FAILURE WAS AN INADEQUATE EXCUSE FOR PLAINTIFF'S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT A SCHEDULED COURT CONFERENCE IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/CPLR 5015 (LAW OFFICE FAILURE WAS AN INADEQUATE EXCUSE FOR PLAINTIFF'S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT A SCHEDULED COURT CONFERENCE IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/CPLR 2005 (LAW OFFICE FAILURE WAS AN INADEQUATE EXCUSE FOR PLAINTIFF'S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT A SCHEDULED COURT CONFERENCE IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION (SECOND DEPT))

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