Jackson v. Prof'l Transp. Corp.

Decision Date01 February 2011
PartiesErnest JACKSON, et al., appellants, v. PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP., respondent, et al., defendant.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
916 N.Y.S.2d 159
81 A.D.3d 602


Ernest JACKSON, et al., appellants,
v.
PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP., respondent, et al., defendant.


Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Feb. 1, 2011.

916 N.Y.S.2d 160

Tantleff Cohen & Tantleff, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Edward D. Tantleff of counsel), for appellants.

Estrin, Benn & Lane, LLC, New York, N.Y. (Stephen M. Honan of counsel), for respondent.

ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., THOMAS A. DICKERSON, CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, and PLUMMER E. LOTT, JJ.

81 A.D.3d 602

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kurtz, J.), dated June 4, 2010, which granted the motion of the defendant Professional Transportation Corp., inter alia, to vacate an order of the same court (R. Miller, J.), dated October 27, 2008, granting their motion for a default judgment and directing an inquest on damages, and to vacate a judgment of the same court (Marano, J.H.O.), entered December 10, 2009, which, after an inquest on the issue of damages at which the defendant Professional Transportation Corp. did not appear, was in favor of the plaintiff Ernest Jackson and against that defendant in the principal sum of $744,482.34.

ORDERED that the appeal by the plaintiff Yvonne Jackson is dismissed, as she is not aggrieved by the order appealed from ( see CPLR 5511); and it is further,

ORDERED that the order dated June 4, 2010, is reversed on the appeal by the plaintiff Ernest Jackson, on the law, with costs, the motion of the defendant Professional Transportation Corp. to vacate the

916 N.Y.S.2d 161
order dated October 27, 2008, and the judgment entered December 10, 2009, is denied.

The plaintiff correctly contends that the Supreme Court erred in granting the motion of the defendant Professional Transportation

81 A.D.3d 603
Corp. (hereinafter the defendant), inter alia, to vacate an order dated October 27, 2008, and the judgment entered December 10, 2009, upon the defendant's default. CPLR 317 allows a court to vacate a default where service has been made upon a defendant by means other than personal delivery and where the defendant "did not personally receive notice of the summons in time to defend and has a meritorious defense" (CPLR 317). Here, by its own admission, the defendant received the summons and complaint well before the motion for a default judgment was made and in ample time to seek leave to serve a late answer. Accordingly, the defendant...

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