Opinion
9542 Index 150666/15
06-06-2019
BUDGET TRUCK RENTAL, LLC, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Darren T. MOLLO, D.C., et al., Defendants–Appellants, Prompt Medical Services, P.C., et al., Defendants.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC, Brooklyn (Maksim Leyvi of counsel), for appellants. Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman LLP, New York (David F. Boucher, Jr. of counsel), for respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC, Brooklyn (Maksim Leyvi of counsel), for appellants.
Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman LLP, New York (David F. Boucher, Jr. of counsel), for respondent.
Sweeny, J.P., Gische, Webber, Oing, Moulton, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Gerald Lebovits, J.), entered on or about December 19, 2017, which, inter alia, denied defendants-appellants' (appellants) motion to vacate an order and judgment, same court and Justice, entered February 21, 2017, inter alia, striking appellants' answer and granting plaintiff a default judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The motion court properly denied vacatur, as appellants failed to establish a meritorious defense to plaintiff's claims for declaratory relief (see generally Mutual Mar. Off., Inc. v . Joy Constr. Corp., 39 A.D.3d 417, 419, 835 N.Y.S.2d 88 [1st Dept. 2007] ). Notably, appellants did not submit an affidavit from a party with personal knowledge in support of their alleged defenses to plaintiff's claims (see Bustamante v. Green Door Realty Corp., 69 A.D.3d 521, 893 N.Y.S.2d 57 [1st Dept. 2010] ; see also Brownfield v. Ferris, 49 A.D.3d 790, 855 N.Y.S.2d 565 [2d Dept. 2008] ).