Grippi v. Balkan Sewer & Water Main Serv.
Decision Date | 20 October 2009 |
Docket Number | 2008-08622. |
Citation | 886 N.Y.S.2d 614,2009 NY Slip Op 7589,66 A.D.3d 837 |
Parties | ANDREA GRIPPI, Appellant, v. BALKAN SEWER & WATER MAIN SERVICE et al., Respondents, and CONSOLIDATED EDISON, Defendants and Third-Party-Plaintiffs-Respondents. MEC CONSTRUCTION CORP., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order dated July 30, 2008 is affirmed, with one bill of costs payable by the plaintiff to the defendant-respondent Balkan Sewer & Water Main Service, the third-party plaintiff-respondent, and the second third-party defendant-respondent appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
In order to prevail on a motion to vacate a default, a plaintiff is required to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default and the existence of a meritorious cause of action (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Catanzaro v Wallenstein, 7 AD3d 479 [2004]; Vaval v Malone, 2 AD3d 839 [2003]). Similarly, an action dismissed pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.27 (b) may be restored if the plaintiff demonstrates both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious cause of action (see Psomatithis v Transoceanic Cable Ship Co., Inc., 39 AD3d 837 [2007]; Kandel v Hoffman, 309 AD2d 904, 905 [2003]). The plaintiff herein failed to provide a reasonable excuse for his failure to oppose the motions to dismiss and for his failure to appear on the scheduled date for the pretrial conference. Moreover, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that there was any merit to his claim against the defendants. In view of the plaintiff's past pattern of "willful default and neglect" in this case, it was not an improvident exercise of...
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