Opinion
1739N
October 2, 2003.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered November 19, 2002, which, in an action for personal injuries, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 317 to vacate a default judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Linda Goldman, for plaintiff-respondent.
Frederic P. Rickles, for defendant-appellant.
Before: Buckley, P.J., Tom, Ellerin, Marlow, Gonzalez, JJ.
The motion was properly denied upon proof that plaintiff mailed copies of the default judgment with notice of entry to defendant's officer's residence more than a year before the motion was made, and defendant's failure to rebut the presumption of receipt raised thereby ( see Engel v. Lichterman, 62 N.Y.2d 943). Such proof is particularly compelling here given that the mailings were certified and receipts were signed. It does not avail defendant that its officer represents that neither he nor anyone who lives with him recognizes the signatures on the receipts ( cf. id.).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.