Beale v. Yepes
| Citation | 766 N.Y.S.2d 364,309 A.D.2d 886 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
| Decision Date | 27 October 2003 |
| Parties | EUGENE BEALE et al., Appellants,<BR>v.<BR>JOSE M. YEPES et al., Respondents. |
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
To vacate a default, a plaintiff must demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious cause of action (see CPLR 5015 [a]; Sicari v Hung Yuen Wong, 286 AD2d 489 [2001]). The plaintiffs' counsel's bare allegations of law office failure on the part of prior counsel cannot serve as the basis to set aside a judgment pursuant to CPLR 5015 (see Gourdet v Hershfeld, 277 AD2d 422 [2000]; Eretz Funding v Shalosh Assoc., 266 AD2d 184 [1999]; Spatz v Bajramoski, 214 AD2d 436 [1995]; Blackman v Blackman, 131 AD2d 801, 805 [1987]). Furthermore, the plaintiffs failed to submit any evidence sufficient to satisfy the serious injury threshold set forth in Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Sarot v Yusufov, 301 AD2d 512 [2003]; Waaland v Weiss, 228 AD2d 435 [1996]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the motion to vacate.
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