Opinion
Argued June 28, 2001
September 10, 2001.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nastasi, J.), entered February 14, 2000, which denied his motion to vacate a judgment of the same court, entered September 27, 1999, upon his default in appearing or answering, which was against him and in favor of the plaintiffs in the principal amount of $225,000.
Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, P.C., Yonkers, N.Y. (John E. Fitzgerald, John M. Daly, Eugene S.R. Pagano, Alberto Casadevall, and Deborah Henkin of counsel), for appellant.
Lawrence J. Glynn, White Plains, N.Y., for respondents.
Before: GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, LEO F. McGINITY and THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements (see, Halle v. Fernandez, 286 A.D.2d 662 [decided herewith, Appellate Division Docket No. 2001-01315]).