Padded Wagon, Inc. v. Associates Commercial Corp.

*431It is black letter law that “[a] party seeking to have a case restored to the trial calendar must demonstrate a meritorious cause of action, a reasonable excuse for the delay, a lack of intent to abandon the action and the absence of prejudice to the opposing party” (Kamara v Ambert, 89 AD3d 612, 613 [2011]). Furthermore “[a]ll four conditions must be satisfied” (Campbell v Crystal Realty Assoc. Ltd. Partnership, 276 AD2d 328, 328 [2000]).

Here, plaintiff failed to offer any excuse for passively waiting for a trial date and then first seeking relief more than three years after the dismissal…