Ortiz v. Silver Dollar Transit Inc.

• Decision Date: 30 September 2004
• Docket Number: 4164.
• Citation: 2004 NY Slip Op 06835,781 N.Y.S.2d 896,10 A.D.3d 585
• Parties: RUBIN ORTIZ, SR., et al., Appellants, v. SILVER DOLLAR TRANSIT INC. et al., Respondents.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

10 A.D.3d 585

781 N.Y.S.2d 896

2004 NY Slip Op 06835

RUBIN ORTIZ, SR., et al., Appellants, v. SILVER DOLLAR TRANSIT INC. et al., Respondents.

4164.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

September 30, 2004.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J.), entered June 27, 2003, which denied plaintiffs' motion to vacate an underlying dismissal of their action for counsel's failure to appear at a preliminary conference, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We find no improvident exercise of discretion by the court's denial of relief from the default granted under 22 NYCRR 202.27. Plaintiffs simply failed to establish the existence of a meritorious cause of action.

Concur — Nardelli, J.P., Andrias, Ellerin, Gonzalez and Catterson, JJ.