Legal Opinion
Kondolf v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 31, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs motion for a default judgment pursuant to CPLR 3215 (a) and in granting defendant’s cross motion for an order pursuant to CPLR 2004 and 3012 (d) compelling acceptance of the answer. Defendant established that its delay in answering the complaint was the result of an inadvertent error of one of its claims representatives (see, De Nooyer Chevrolet v Polsinello Fuels, 251 AD2d 871; Chu-Reimer v Metpath, Inc., 227 AD2d 860, 861; Jones v R.S.R. Corp., 135 AD2d 900, 901) and that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- R.C.S. Farmers Markets Corp. v. Great American InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Heinrichs v. City of AlbanyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- De Nooyer Chevrolet, Inc. v. Polsinello Fuels, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Yayin Chu-Reimer v. Metpath, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Jones v. R. S. R. Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hayes v. R.S. Maher & Son, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Bruenn v. PawlowskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Drucker v. WardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Village of Parish v. WeichertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002