Opinion
June 17, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Silverman, J.).
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, with costs.
The County of Westchester (hereinafter the County) failed to appear at the scheduled hearing on the motion of the Westchester County Correction Officers Benevolent Association, Inc. Therefore, the Supreme Court's judgment entered upon the County's default may not be challenged on a direct appeal, the County's only recourse having been a motion to open the default (see, CPLR 5511; Batra v. State Farm Fire Cas. Co., 205 A.D.2d 480; Permagile-Salmon, Ltd. v. Manshul Constr. Corp., 204 A.D.2d 296; Brannigan v. Dubuque, 199 A.D.2d 851; Myers Co. v. Owsley Sons, 192 A.D.2d 927; Matter of Linda K., 151 A.D.2d 574). Rosenblatt, J.P., Thompson, Pizzuto and Hart, JJ., concur.