Opinion
Submitted November 28, 2000.
February 13, 2001.
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Peter C. Patsalos, J.), dated February 2, 2000, which denied their motion to vacate an order of the same court dated January 6, 1999, granting the defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint upon the plaintiffs' default in appearing at a pretrial conference.
Parker Waichman (DiJoseph, Portegello Schuster, P.C., New York, N Y [Arnold E. DiJoseph III] of counsel), for appellants.
Feldman, Kleidman Coffey, Fishkill, N.Y. (Andrew S. Regenbaum of counsel), for respondents St. Luke's Hospital, Kathleen Pappis, and Louis Nunez.
Aydelott Aydelott Keenan, Mount Kisco, N.Y. (Andrew F. Pisanelli on the brief), for respondent Edgard Quinones.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., HOWARD MILLER, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The court providently exercised its discretion in denying the plaintiffs' motion to vacate the dismissal of their action. The plaintiffs failed to submit sufficient evidence demonstrating the existence of a meritorious cause of action or a reasonable excuse for the default (see, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim Ballon v. Mateo, 271 A.D.2d 422; Manigat v. Louis, 262 A.D.2d 289; Perez v. Astoria General Hosp., 260 A.D.2d 457; Iazzetta v. Vicenzi, 243 A.D.2d 540; Miller v. City of New York, 242 A.D.2d 370).