Opinion
2018-04209 Index No. 613214/15
08-07-2019
John F. ZAHER, etc., Appellant, v. Craig P.R. PERRI, Respondent.
Phillips, Artura & Cox, Lindenhurst, N.Y. (Michael S. Cox of counsel), for appellant. Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP, Uniondale, N.Y. (Elbert F. Nasis, Peter B. Skelos, and Michael A. Berger of counsel), for respondent.
Phillips, Artura & Cox, Lindenhurst, N.Y. (Michael S. Cox of counsel), for appellant.
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP, Uniondale, N.Y. (Elbert F. Nasis, Peter B. Skelos, and Michael A. Berger of counsel), for respondent.
MARK C. DILLON, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In an action, inter alia, to set aside a deed conveying real property, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Joseph Farneti, J.), dated January 31, 2018. The order granted the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 3126 to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The conditional dismissal language in the parties' so-ordered stipulation became absolute upon the plaintiff's failure to comply with its terms (see Piemonte v. JSF Realty, LLC , 140 A.D.3d 1145, 1146, 36 N.Y.S.3d 146 ; Vitolo v. Suarez , 130 A.D.3d 610, 611, 13 N.Y.S.3d 177 ; Archer Capital Fund, L.P. v. GEL, LLC , 95 A.D.3d 800, 801, 944 N.Y.S.2d 179 ; Keenan v. Fiorentino , 84 A.D.3d 740, 921 N.Y.S.2d 874 ; Pugliese v. Mondello , 67 A.D.3d 880, 881, 891 N.Y.S.2d 414 ). To avoid the adverse impact thereof, the plaintiff was required to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for his default and the existence of a potentially meritorious cause of action (see Archer Capital Fund, L.P. v GEL, LLC , 95 A.D.3d at 801, 944 N.Y.S.2d 179 ; Wei Hong Hu v. Sadiqi , 83 A.D.3d 820, 821, 921 N.Y.S.2d 133 ). The plaintiff failed to make such a showing. Accordingly, we agree with the Supreme Court's determination to grant the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 3126 to dismiss the complaint.
DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, BRATHWAITE NELSON and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.