John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Grossman

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan A. Madden, J.), entered January 29, 2015, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendant’s motion to vacate the default judgment against him, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion denied.

The motion to vacate the default judgment should not have been granted since defendant failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for his delay in appearing (see generally Eugene Di Lorenzo, Inc. v A.C. Dutton Lbr. Co., 67 NY2d 138, 141 [1986]; CPLR 5015 [a] [1]). The record shows that plaintiffs commenced this action on February 4, 2013…