Zapater v. 2540 Associates, Inc.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alan Saks, J.), entered July 18, 1997, which, in an action to recover for personal injuries sustained in a trip and fall at the entrance of defendants’ multiple dwelling, insofar as appealed from, denied defendants’ cross motion to vacate a default judgment entered against them after inquest, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Vacatur was properly denied for defendants’ failure to show that they have a meritorious defense or that they moved within a year after obtaining knowledge of entry of the February 1995 judgment (CPLR 317). Defendants’ affidavit,…