Legal Opinion
James v. Hoffman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 22, 1990PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiffs-respondents’ motion to vacate the default judgment entered against them after they failed on several occasions to appear in opposition to defendants-appellants’ motion for summary judgment. Respondents’ motion to vacate was supported only by an affirmation of counsel which fails to provide either a valid excuse for the default or to show that respondents have a meritorious claim (Tat Sang Kwong v Budge-Wood Laundry Serv., 97 AD2d 691 [1st Dept 1983]). Although respondents’ counsel obtained an adjournment of the summry judgment motion, he failed to…
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