Legal Opinion
Mejia-Ortiz v. Inoa
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 16, 2010PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Patricia Anne Williams, J.), entered September 30, 2009, which denied plaintiff s CPLR 3215 motion for a default judgment as against defendant Santos Brown-Grey and dismissed the complaint with prejudice, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff failed to take proceedings for the entry of judgment within one year after the default. Defendant Brown-Grey was purportedly served with the summons and complaint via the Secretary of State on January 23, 2007 (see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 253). Accordingly, defendant’s last day to answer was February 22, 2007…
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