Piacentini v. Mineola Union Free School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries-, the plaintiff, Roger Piacentini, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Alpert, J.), dated December 17, 1998, which denied his motion to vacate an order of the same court, dated October 21, 1997, dismissing the complaint on the ground that he had failed to appear for a preliminary conference.
*291Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
To vacate the order dismissing the complaint, the appellant had to proffer a reasonable excuse for the default and establish the existence of a meritorious cause of action (see, CPLR…
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