Yoon v. Fordham University

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered March 28, 1997, which denied plaintiffs motion to vacate a default judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The action was properly dismissed in view of plaintiff’s repeated failure to appear at trial despite awareness of the trial dates and the warnings of counsel of the consequences of not appearing; plaintiffs general lack of diligence in pursuing the matter, pending for over a decade; and the prejudice that would result to defendant in having to produce witnesses to testify as to facts dating…