Knight v. Acacia Network, Inc.

• Decision Date: 19 November 2019
• Docket Number: Index 305657/14,10370-10370A,83859/16
• Citation: Knight v. Acacia Network, Inc., 177 A.D.3d 499, 110 N.Y.S.3d 549(Mem) (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)
• Parties: Kimberly KNIGHT, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. ACACIA NETWORK, INC., et. al., Defendants–Respondents. Acacia Network, Inc., et. al., Third–Party Plaintiffs, v. Platinum Care, Inc., Third–Party Defendant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

177 A.D.3d 499

110 N.Y.S.3d 549 (Mem)

Kimberly KNIGHT, Plaintiff–Appellant,

v.ACACIA NETWORK, INC., et. al., Defendants–Respondents.

Acacia Network, Inc., et. al., Third–Party Plaintiffs,

v.Platinum Care, Inc., Third–Party Defendant.

10370-10370A

Index 305657/14

83859/16

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

ENTERED: NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Pen~a & Kahn, PLLC, Bronx (Jonathan O. Michaels of counsel), for appellant.

Law Office of Daniel J. McCarey, LLC, New York (Daniel J. McCarey of counsel), for Acacia Network, Inc., Stadium Center LLC and Deegan Motel Corp., respondents.

Gallo Vitucci Klar, LLP, Woodbury (Jacqueline S. Kim of counsel), for Distinctive Maintenance Company, Inc., respondent.

Law Office of Tromello & Fishman, Tarrytown (Christine D. Hanlon of counsel), for Platinum Care Inc., respondent.

Manzanet–Daniels, J.P., Tom, Kapnick, Gesmer, Singh, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County(Julia I. Rodriguez, J.), entered July 30, 2018, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 5015(a) to vacate a prior order entered on her default insofar as it granted defendants' motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, the motion granted, and the complaint reinstated.Appeal from the Order, same court and Justice, entered on or about October 10, 2018, which denied plaintiff's motion to reargue and renew her motion to vacate her default, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as academic.

We disagree with the motion court that plaintiff failed to demonstrate...