Gurreri v. Village of Briarcliff Manor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nastasi, J.), entered April 4, 1997, which granted the plaintiff’s motion pursuant to CPLR 3215 for leave to enter judgment on the issue of liability upon the defendant’s default in answering the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In order to successfully oppose a motion for leave to enter a default judgment based upon the failure to serve an answer, the defendant must demonstrate a reasonable excuse for its *509delay and the…
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