Legal Opinion
Pisacreta v. Minniti
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 25, 1999PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Coppola, J.), entered December 1, 1998, which denied his motion for leave to enter a judgment against the defendants upon their failure to answer or appear in the action.
Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion, with costs, and the motion is granted.
To successfully oppose a motion for leave to enter a judgment based upon the failure to serve an answer or appear in an action, the defendants must demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the…
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