Rand v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

—In an action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring that the defendant is required to make payments to the plaintiff under certain policies of disability insurance, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (DeMaro, J.), dated December 21, 1999, which granted the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 2221(a) and 5015 (a) (1), inter alia, to vacate its default in answering the complaint on condition that its counsel personally pay the plaintiffs counsel costs in the sum of $2,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

We reject the plaintiffs contention that…