Conserve Electric, Inc. v. Tulger Contracting Corp.
Decision Date | 23 January 2007 |
Docket Number | 2006-03225. |
Citation | 36 A.D.3d 747,831 N.Y.S.2d 185,2007 NY Slip Op 00480 |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Parties | CONSERVE ELECTRIC, INC., Respondent, v. TULGER CONTRACTING CORP. et al., Appellants. |
Ordered that one bill of costs is awarded to the plaintiff.
To vacate its default in appearing for trial, the defendant Tulger Contracting Corp. (hereinafter the defendant), was required to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default and the existence of a meritorious defense (see Roussodimou v Zafiriadis, 238 AD2d 568 [1997]). Although a court may, in its discretion, accept law office failure as a reasonable excuse (see CPLR 2005; Putney v Pearlman, 203 AD2d 333 [1994]), "a pattern of willful default and neglect' should not be excused" (Roussodimou v Zafiriadis, supra at 569 [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Campenni v Ridgecroft Estates Owners, 261 AD2d 496 [1999]). The repeated failure of the defendant's attorney to appear on the scheduled trial dates demonstrates a pattern of wilful neglect, which cannot be justified by his claim that he had no record of these dates (see Ruppell v Hair Plus Beauty, 288 AD2d 205 [2001]; Campenni v Ridgecroft Estates Owners, supra; Rock v Schwartz, 244 AD2d 542 [1997]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's motion.
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