JP EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MATERIALS LLC v. FIDELITY & GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY
| Decision Date | 05 November 2001 |
| Citation | 732 N.Y.S.2d 354,288 A.D.2d 187 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
| Parties | J. P. EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MATERIALS L. L. C., Respondent,<BR>v.<BR>FIDELITY & GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant. |
O'Brien, J. P., McGinity, H. Miller and Adams, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
To succeed on a motion to vacate a judgment entered upon a default, a defendant must demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense to the underlying action (see, CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Belesi v Gifford, 269 AD2d 552). The determination of what constitutes a reasonable excuse for a default lies within the sound discretion of the Supreme Court and, as a general rule, its determination will not be disturbed (see, Parker v City of New York, 272 AD2d 310).
Here, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to vacate the judgment entered upon its failure to appear and answer, since it failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the default. In light of this determination, we need not consider whether the defendant established the existence of a meritorious defense (see, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon v Matteo, 271 AD2d 422).
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