Opinion
February 27, 2001.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered December 23, 1999, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident, conditioned the granting of plaintiff `s motion for a default judgment upon defendants' failure to serve an answer within 30 days, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Barry Siskin, for plaintiff-appellant.
Lawrence R. Miles, for defendants-respondents.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Rubin, Saxe, Friedman, JJ.
The motion court properly extended defendants' time to answer in view of their strong showing of a meritorious defense.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.