Yearwood v. Post Park, LLC
Citation | 91 A.D.3d 766,2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 00364,936 N.Y.S.2d 893 |
Parties | Jason YEARWOOD, appellant, v. POST PARK, LLC, et al., respondents. |
Decision Date | 17 January 2012 |
Court | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division |
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Dinkes & Schwitzer, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Joelle Tantalo Jensen of counsel), for appellant.
MacCartney, MacCartney, Kerrigan & MacCartney, Nyack, N.Y. (William K. Kerrigan and Catherine H. Friesen of counsel), for respondent Dekalb Development Corp.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lefkowitz, J.), entered July 9, 2010, which, upon an order of the same court entered June 17, 2010, conditionally granting those branches of the separate motions of the defendant Dekalb Development Corp. and the defendants Post Park, LLC, and Corato Contracting Corp. which were, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 3126 to preclude him from presenting certain evidence at trial unless he complied with certain court-ordered discovery by a date certain, and upon the plaintiff's default in appearing at a compliance conference scheduled on June 28, 2010, granted the unopposed application of the defendant Dekalb Development Corp. to preclude him from presenting certain evidence at trial, and (2) an order of the same court entered October 20, 2010, which denied his motion to vacate the order entered July 9, 2010.
ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the plaintiff.
A motion to vacate an order based on excusable default requires the movant to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the default and the existence of a potentially meritorious claim or defense ( see Alberton Devs., Inc. v. All Trade Enters., Inc., 74 A.D.3d 1000, 902...
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