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Clarke v. Urlick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 1, 1999
266 A.D.2d 177 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

Submitted September 22, 1999

November 1, 1999

Bruce S. Reznick, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Thomas Torto and Jeffrey L. Caress of counsel), for appellant.

SONDRA MILLER, J.P., WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Lawrence Marcus appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Clemente, J.), dated November 20, 1998, which denied his motion to vacate a judgment entered upon his failure to appear or answer.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The appellant failed to provide a reasonable excuse for his default or a meritorious defense as required by CPLR 5015 in order to obtain vacatur of the judgment (see, Kavanagh v. Demitrieus, A.D.2d [2d Dept., Mar. 8, 1999]; Furon Constr. v. Velez, 209 A.D.2d 666 ).

S. MILLER, J.P., THOMPSON, KRAUSMAN, FLORIO, and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Clarke v. Urlick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 1, 1999
266 A.D.2d 177 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Clarke v. Urlick

Case Details

Full title:DEXTHA CLARKE, respondent, v. MOSES URLICK, et al., defendants, LAWRENCE…

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

Date published: Nov 1, 1999

Citations

266 A.D.2d 177 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
697 N.Y.S.2d 518