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Depompo-Seff v. Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 7, 2004
13 A.D.3d 109 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

4849N.

December 7, 2004.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward H. Lehner, J.), entered June 9, 2004, which, upon reargument, granted plaintiff's previously denied motion to vacate her default in appearing in response to defendants' summary judgment motion, and restored the motion to the motion calendar on the condition that plaintiff pay defendants $250, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Before: Tom, J.P., Saxe, Williams, Sweeny and Catterson, JJ.


Under the circumstances presented, the motion court properly exercised its discretion in conditionally granting plaintiff's motion for vacatur ( see Kramer v. Edenwald Constr. Co., 261 AD2d 284; Levy v. Aquasciences Intl., Inc., 179 AD2d 566). Plaintiff submitted timely written opposition to defendants' summary judgment motion demonstrating a meritorious cause of action; her nonappearance at the oral argument of the motion was demonstrably due to law office failure, was not indicative of any intention to delay or abandon the action and did not cause defendants significant prejudice.

We have considered defendants' remaining arguments and find them unavailing.


Summaries of

Depompo-Seff v. Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 7, 2004
13 A.D.3d 109 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

Depompo-Seff v. Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:ANGELINA DEPOMPO-SEFF, Respondent, v. GENOVESE DRUG STORES, INC., et al.…

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

Date published: Dec 7, 2004

Citations

13 A.D.3d 109 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
785 N.Y.S.2d 446

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