Ujueta v. Wu

• Decision Date: 24 March 2003
• Citation: 756 N.Y.S.2d 777,303 A.D.2d 676
• Parties: ALBERT UJUETA, Respondent,<BR>v.<BR>LEWIS WU et al., Appellants.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

303 A.D.2d 676

756 N.Y.S.2d 777

ALBERT UJUETA, Respondent,

v.LEWIS WU et al., Appellants.

Decided March 24, 2003.

Feuerstein, J.P., Friedmann, Schmidt and Mastro, JJ., concur.

Ordered that on the Court's own motion, the notice of appeal from the decision is deemed a premature notice of appeal from the judgment (see CPLR 5520 [c]); and it is further,

Ordered that the order and the judgment are affirmed, with one bill of costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendants' motion to vacate their default in answering the complaint based upon their failure to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for their failure to timely answer and a meritorious defense to the action (see Trotman v Aya Cab Corp., 300 AD2d 573 [2002]; Matter of Gambardella v Ortov Light., 278 AD2d 494 [2000]; Parker v City of New York, 272 AD2d 310 [2000]; Gleissner v Singh, 264 AD2d 811 [1999]; Kyriacopoulos v Mendon Leasing Corp., 216 AD2d 532 [1995]; De Vito v Marine Midland Bank, 100 AD2d 530 [1984]).