Century Business Credit Corp. v. Gosin

Full title: CENTURY BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, v…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Apr 11, 2000

271 A.D.2d 260 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

706 N.Y.S.2d 627

Opinion

April 11, 2000.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barry Cozier, J.), entered July 19, 1999, which granted defendant Howard Gosin's motion to vacate the default judgment entered against him, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Joseph O'Neil Jr., for plaintiff-appellant-respondent.

Pro se, for defendant-respondent-appellant.

ROSENBERGER, J.P., WILLIAMS, TOM, MAZZARELLI, JJ.

The motion court properly vacated defendant's default in answering the complaint upon a sufficient showing of a reasonable excuse and meritorious defenses (CPLR 5015 [a][1]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.