Legal Opinion
Stephen L. Cohan & Associates Architects v. Castle Village Owners Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 15, 1993Published
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered February 13, 1992, affirmed for the reasons stated by Cahn, J., with costs. Concur—Milonas, Kassal and Nardelli, JJ.
Carro, J. P., and Wallach, J., dissent in a memorandum by Wallach, J. We would reverse the order appealed from, which granted defendant’s motion to vacate the default judgment. The alpha and omega for relief in this area of the law is the proffer of a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense (CPLR 5015 [a]; Mon Amour Rest. v Helgeson, 90 AD2d 742, 744; Small v Applebaum, 79 AD2d 572). In our…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eugene Di Lorenzo, Inc. v. A. C. Dutton Lumber Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
- FID. & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND v. Arthur Andersen & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Simon v. . EtgenNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Small v. ApplebaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Mon Amour Rest., Inc. v. HelgesonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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