Davila v. Cornelia 1731 Corp.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gavrin, J.), entered December 1, 2014, which granted the defendant’s motion to vacate a judgment entered January 25, 2011, in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the principal sum of $70,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The purpose of CPLR 5003-a is to encourage the prompt payment of damages in settled actions (see Pitt v New York City Hous. Auth., 106 AD3d 797, 797-798 [2013]; Klee v Americas Best Bottling Co., Inc., 76 AD3d 544, 545 [2010];…