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LAW-OFFICE-FAILURE ALLEGATIONS WERE INSUFFICIENT; PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ENTER A DEFAULT JUDGMENT IN THIS PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s motion to enter a default judgment in this pedestrian accident case should have granted. The law-office-failure allegations were deemed insufficient:

In order to successfully oppose a motion for leave to enter a default judgment, a defendant who has failed to timely appear or answer the complaint must provide a reasonable excuse for the default and demonstrate the existence of a potentially meritorious defense to the action … .

Here, the … defendants’ conclusory explanation that their attorney misplaced the file and that the office was understaffed was insufficient to establish a reasonable excuse for the default … . Since the … defendants failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for their default, this Court need not consider whether they proffered a potentially meritorious defense to the action … . Maldonado v Mosquera, 2020 NY Slip Op 04934, Second Dept 9-16-20

 

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