Bong Hag Ma v. Bong Sig Ma

Order, Supreme Court, New *35York County (Lewis Friedman, J.), entered on or about November 10, 1997, which granted plaintiffs’ motion for a default judgment unless, among other things, defendants paid $500 to plaintiffs’ attorney, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although the motion court found that defendants offered “no realistic plausible excuse” for their failure to timely answer the amended complaint, it properly gave defendants an opportunity to open the default given a meritorious defense, as indicated by the denial of plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, defendants’…