Farm Credit Leasing Services Corp. v. Rubashkin

In an action to recover on a guaranty, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pfau, J.), dated March 29, 2012, as denied his cross motion to vacate a judgment of the same court entered *664April 26, 2011, upon his default in answering, and to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

A defendant seeking to vacate a default in answering must provide a reasonable excuse for the default and demonstrate a potentially meritorious defense to…