Arena v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant City of New York appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated June 6, 1991, which denied its motion to vacate so much of a prior order of the same court, dated January 4, 1991, as granted the plaintiff’s motion, inter alia, for leave to enter a default judgment against it.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, with costs, the motion is granted, so much of the order dated January 4, 1991, as granted the plaintiff’s motion for leave to enter a default…