Kyriacopoulos v. Mendon Leasing Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J.), dated May 31, 1994, which denied their motion to vacate a default judgment entered upon their failure to answer the complaint against them.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It is within the discretion of the trial court "in the interests of justice to excuse delay or default resulting from law office *533failure” (CPLR 2005). Default may be excused upon a showing of a meritorious defense and a justifiable excuse (see, Korea Exch. Bank v…
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