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SELF-EXECUTING CONDITIONAL DISCOVERY ORDER BECAME ABSOLUTE UPON NON-COMPLIANCE; A MOTION TO VACATE, NOT AN APPEAL, IS THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO CONTEST THE ORDER ON THE GROUND OF EXCUSABLE DEFAULT; DEFENDANTS TOOK NO ACTION TO AVOID THE DEFAULT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department noted that defendants’ failure to comply with a self-executing, conditional order striking the answer became absolute. The proper way to contest such an order is to move to vacate, not appeal:

When defendants failed to comply with the self-executing, conditional order striking their answer if they did not produce a witness for deposition by a date certain, the order became absolute ( … CPLR 3126[3]). Defendants’ proper recourse was to move to vacate the conditional order on the ground of excusable default (… CPLR 5015[a]). They did not seek that relief. In any event, the excuses for failing to comply with the court’s order that defendants asserted in opposition to plaintiff’s motion were not reasonable, and defendants failed to seek an adjournment from the court or take any other action to avoid their knowing default. Humble Monkey, LLC v Rice Sec., LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op 03470, First Dept 6-18-20

 

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