Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Pietranico
| Decision Date | 16 January 2013 |
| Citation | 957 N.Y.S.2d 868,102 A.D.3d 724,2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 00171 |
| Parties | DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, etc., respondent, v. Khouloud PIETRANICO, appellant, et al., defendants. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
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Jeffrey L. Solomon, PLLC, Woodbury, N.Y., for appellant.
Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP, Bay Shore, N.Y. (Joseph Battista and Timothy M. Riselvato of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Khouloud Pietranico appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Whelan, J.), dated July 27, 2011, which denied her motion, inter alia, in effect, to vacate her default in appearing or answering the complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly denied the motion of the defendant Khouloud Pietranico, inter alia, in effect, to vacate her default in appearing or answering the complaint. To the extent that she moved to vacate her default pursuant to CPLR 5015(a)(4) for lack of personal jurisdiction due to failure to serve process, the defendant's bare and unsubstantiated denial of service was insufficient to rebut the presumption of proper service established by the duly executed affidavit of service of the plaintiff's process server ( see Reich v. Redley, 96 A.D.3d 1038, 947 N.Y.S.2d 564;Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v. Dixon, 93 A.D.3d 630, 939 N.Y.S.2d 705;U.S. Natl. Bank Assn. v. Melton, 90 A.D.3d 742, 743, 934 N.Y.S.2d 352;Citimortgage, Inc. v. Phillips, 82 A.D.3d 1032, 1033, 918 N.Y.S.2d 893).
Moreover, insofar as she also sought to vacate her default pursuant to CPLR 5015(a)(1) by demonstrating a reasonable excuse for the default and a potentially meritorious defense ( see Eugene Di Lorenzo, Inc. v. A.C. Dutton Lbr., Co., 67 N.Y.2d 138, 141, 501 N.Y.S.2d 8, 492 N.E.2d 116;U.S. Bank N.A. v. Stewart, 97 A.D.3d 740, 948 N.Y.S.2d 411;Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v. Luden, 91 A.D.3d 701, 936 N.Y.S.2d 561), the defendant failed to establisha reasonable excuse for her default, since the only excuse proffered was that she was not served with process ( see Reich v. Redley, 96 A.D.3d at 1038, 947 N.Y.S.2d 564;Stephan B. Gleich & Assoc. v. Gritsipis, 87 A.D.3d 216, 221, 927 N.Y.S.2d 349;Tadco Constr. Corp. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 73 A.D.3d 1022, 1023, 900 N.Y.S.2d 687). Since the defendant failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her default, it is unnecessary to determine whether she demonstrated the...
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