Legal Opinion
Goncalves v. Stuyvesant Development Associates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 22, 1996PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered on or about August 15, 1995, which, inter alia, based upon a prior preclu*276sion order, granted third-party defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
This Court’s preference for disposing of cases on the merits does not relieve a party seeking to vacate a default of the two-pronged burden of showing a meritorious claim or defense and a reasonable excuse for the default (Dimitratos v City of New York, 180 AD2d 414). Here, the only excuse offered for…
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