Silveri v. Laufer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In order to vacate the default judgment against them, the defendants were required to establish a valid excuse for the default and a meritorious defense to the action (see, Association for Children With Learning Disabilities v Zafar, 115 AD2d 580; see also, CPLR 5015 [a] [1]). The determination of what is an excusable default is left to the sound discretion of the trial court (see, Ehmer v Modernismo Publ., 120 AD2d 483, 484), the exercise of which will not generally be disturbed if supported by the record (see, Machnick Bldrs. v Grand Union Co., 52 AD2d 655).
Under the circumstances of this…
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