Andrade v. Ranginwala
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the defendant’s motion to compel the plaintiff to accept his answer and in denying the plaintiff’s cross motion for leave to enter judgment on the issue of liability upon the defendant’s default. The 'defendant failed to proffer a reasonable excuse for the six-week delay in answering the complaint and failed to demonstrate that he has a meritorious defense (see Rockland County Patrolmen’s Benevolent Assn. v Town of Clarkstown, 288 AD2d 456; Palermo v Rodriguez, 255 AD2d 567). To justify his delay in answering the complaint,…
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