Kumar v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp.

In a proceeding pursuant to Insurance Law § 5218 (c) for leave to commence an action against the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hart, J.), entered September 4, 2014, which denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) to vacate an order of the same court entered January 14, 2014, granting the petition upon its failure to answer the petition.

Ordered that the order entered September 4, 2014, is reversed, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, with costs,…