Kokolis v. Wallace

• Decision Date: 16 February 2022
• Docket Number: 2019–03521,Index No. 703957/18
• Citation: 202 A.D.3d 948,159 N.Y.S.3d 683 (Mem)
• Parties: Nicholas KOKOLIS, respondent, v. Anthony WALLACE, appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

202 A.D.3d 948

159 N.Y.S.3d 683 (Mem)

Nicholas KOKOLIS, respondent,

v.Anthony WALLACE, appellant.

2019–03521

Index No. 703957/18

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

Argued—November 18, 2021

February 16, 2022

Da'Tekena Barango–Tariah, Brooklyn, NY, for appellant.

Hach & Rose, LLP, New York, NY (Natasha Berg of counsel), for respondent.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P., FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, PAUL WOOTEN, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Ernest Hart, J.), entered January 15, 2019. The judgment, after an inquest on the issue of damages, is in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the principal sum of $193,413.73.

ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, with costs.

The appeal must be dismissed because no appeal lies from a judgment entered upon the default of the appealing party (see CPLR 5511 ; Matter of Mayo v. Mays, 195 A.D.3d 619, 144 N.Y.S.3d 623 ; Murphy v. Shaw, 34 A.D.3d 657, 658, 824 N.Y.S.2d 421 ; Fishman v. Fishman, 50 A.D.2d 885, 885, 377 N.Y.S.2d 166 ).

We decline the plaintiff's request for the imposition of sanctions based upon the defendant's allegedly frivolous conduct in prosecuting this appeal (see Seodarsan v. Latchana, 169 A.D.3d 1078, 1079, 92 N.Y.S.3d 896 ; Matter of Talbot, 134 A.D.3d 726, 727, 20 N.Y.S.3d 580 ).

The defendant's remaining contention is not properly before this Court.

DILLON, J.P., CONNOLLY, BRATHWAITE NELSON and WOOTEN, JJ., concur.