John G. Trautwein Fish Co. v. Gerland

Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion denied. Memorandum: It was an abuse of discretion to grant defendant’s request to vacate a default judgment in the absence of an acceptable excuse for defendant’s default in answering and a showing of a meritorious defense (see, Dougherty v County of Nassau, 167 AD2d 989; General Elec. Tech. Servs. Co. v Perez, 156 AD2d 781; cf., Zent v Board of Educ., 174 AD2d 1047; Charlotte Lake Riv. Assocs. v American Ins. Co., 130 AD2d 947, lv denied 70 NY2d 605; Cox v Edmister, 122 AD2d 557, appeal dismissed 68 NY2d 900). The affidavit of *863defend…